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Fiction Literary

Butterfly Winter

A Novel

by (author) W.P. Kinsella

Publisher
Steerforth Press
Initial publish date
Mar 2013
Category
Literary, Political, Sports
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781926531168
    Publish Date
    Sep 2011
    List Price
    $29.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781586422059
    Publish Date
    Mar 2013
    List Price
    $15.99 USD

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Description

Butterfly Winter, W.P. Kinsella's first novel in 15 years, is the story of Julio and Esteban Pimental, twins born in the Caribbean country of Courteguay, a lush and enchanted but impoverished enclave on the border between Haiti and the Dominican Republic where time moves at its own pace and reality is open to question. The brothers are destined to play ball in America, and to shape the history of their baseball-crazed homeland. They mature quickly and by the age of ten they leave home for the Major Leagues. Julio is a winning pitcher who, much to the chagrin of any team that signs him, will only throw to his catcher brother, who is a very weak hitter. As they pursue their baseball dreams, events in their homeland, including political brutalities and the outlawing of baseball, continue to shape their lives. They are monitored by the Wizard, a mysterious figure who controls events behind the scenes. In his last years, the Wizard tells the story of the twins, their family and their lovers to a skeptical gringo journalist. Butterfly Winter is a magical literary romp that includes a diabolical chiropractor, a romance blessed by butterflies and a deep political undercurrent that unites the wealthy north with the baseball-loving, talent-laden but oppressed and deprived south.

About the author

W.P Kinsella is one of Canad's best selling and most prolific writers. His novels and short story collections includeDance Me Outside and Shoeless Joe (Field of Dreams), both of which were made into movies, as well as The Dixon Cornbelt League, Box Socials, The Iowa Baseball Confederacy, The Winter Helen Dropped By and If Wishes Were Horses. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the Houghton Mifflin Literary Fellowship and the Order of Canada. He lives in a "new" old house in British Columbia's Fraser Valley.

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Editorial Reviews

"It is the voice of a master who speaks through these pages." – Globe & Mail
 
"A phenomenal comeback." – Winnipeg Free Press
 
"Butterfly Winter is magical, with language that sings off the page." – NOW
 
"The author's mastery of the written word has only grown with the passing of time." – Columbia Daily Tribune

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