The Sojourn
By the award-winning author of Burridge Unbound, a finalist for the Giller Prize
A Globe and Mail Notable Book of the Year
Highly praised as one of the best novels of the First World War, Alan Cumyn’s The Sojourn tells the story of a young Canadian soldier’s emotional journey through duty, fear, and love. From the front lines at Ypres to the seductive streets of London to memories of a West Coast childhood, we follow Ramsay Crome, a private with the 7th Canadian Pioneers who has volunteered against his father’s wishes. After a particularly horrible assault, Ramsay is granted a ten-day leave to London. It is here that he meets his cousin Margaret, a fervent objector to the war and the woman…
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February 17, 2004Alan Cumyn’s two most recent books are Burridge Unbound (2000), which won the Ottawa-Carleton Book Award, and which was a finalist for The Giller Prize; and Man of Bone (1998), which also won the Ottawa-Carleton Book Award, and was a finalist for the prestigious Trillium Award in 1999. He lives in Ottawa.
