Word: trepassey
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...book is not only an old-fashioned story but also a lovingly detailed celebration of the north country. Norman, whose first novel, Northern Lights, was about Canada too, revels in remote places. Their names in The Bird Artist -- Mint Cove, Show Cove, Richibucto, Trepassey -- provide a particular delight, as do the names of birds and men. The strange birds give the narrative its own kind of plumage: teal, merganser, kittiwake, cormorant. When the men of the town are searching for a dinghy lost in the fog, they track each other by calling out names: " 'Richmond Fauvette, this is Oliver Parmelee...
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