Giller Prize winner at North York Central Library on May 28
Here's what critics said about The Sentimentalists: 
"…moments of astounding raw beauty and original word play…" The Globe and Mail
"…unapologetically challenging fiction…" National Post
"…a superbly constructed story told with great skill…" Now Magazine
"As the adult son of a Vietnam veteran, I was, simply, moved to tears." The Guardian
North York Public Library is proud to present Johanna Skibsrud, winner of the 2010 Scotianbank Giller Prize for her novel The Sentimentalists, on Saturday, May 28. Skibsrud's father, a veteran of the Vietnam War, kept the traumatic memories of his war time experiences to himself for thirty years. The horrific memories he finally shared with his daughter helped to inspire the novel about Vietnam War veteran Napoleon Haskell, a chain smoking alcoholic, who is still dealing with the psychological fallout of his experiences in Vietnam long after the war has ended.
If you want to know more about the Vietnam War, here are some books you can reserve with your library card:
To view a collection of some of the most startling photos of the Vietnam war, click on the photograph above. Warning : some of these images are distrubing.
2 thoughts on “Giller Prize winner at North York Central Library on May 28”
what time? What room?
Hi John,
Johanna Skibsrud will be speaking in the auditorium at North York Central Library at 2:00 p.m. The event finishes at 3:30 p.m.
Maureen