David Macfarlane

Career

His Newfoundland family memoir, "The Danger Tree," (published as Come From Away in the United States) published in 1991, was greeted with extraordinary international acclaim. lieutenant was described by the Wall Street Journal as “a moving tale of love, fate, and regret.”

David Macfarlane’s magazine and newspaper writing has earned him a National Newspaper Award and numerous National Magazine Awards. His play, "Fishwrap," premiered at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto.

His musical portrait of the city in which he lives, "The Toronto Suite," was performed by the Via Salzburg Ensemble at the Glenn Gould Theatre.

In collaboration with musician Douglas Cameron, Macfarlane has co-created “The Door You Came In” – a two-man performance of music and text based on the stories of The Danger Tree. Macfarlane was employed as an arts columnist for The Globe and Mail until 2003.

Achievements

• His debut novel, 1999"s Summer Gone, was shortlisted for the Giller Prize and was a winner of the Books in Canada First Novel Award. His most recent novel, "The Figures of Beauty," published in 2013, won the Bressani Literary Prize.

Works

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  • The Figures Of Beauty

    ( A sensuous, heartbreaking novel about art, beauty and t...)

  • The Danger Tree: Memory, War and the Search for a Family's Past

    (Emulating the circuitous tales told by his mother's relat...)

  • The Figures of Beauty: A Novel

    ( Moving from Paris to Italy to North America, a sensuous...)

  • Summer Gone: A Novel

    (David Macfarlane’s Summer Gone introduces a writer of inc...)

  • Fishwrap

    ( In an age of insecurity, few have a more tenuous hold o...)

  • The Danger Tree: Memory, War and the Search for a Family's Past 1st edition by Macfarlane, David (2001) Paperback

    (Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)

  • The Danger Tree: Memory, War and the Search for a Family's Past by David Macfarlane (2001-04-01)

    (Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)