Nino Ricci: A Big Canvas
Abstract
Nino Ricci talks about Lives of the Saints, the first novel in his bildungsroman trilogy and cites Robinson Davies' Fifth Business and Alice Munro's Lives of Girls and Women as influences. He says that "The sense of being an outsider, or on the margins, is often how the artist is portrayed" and compares the artist's situation to that of an immigrant: outsiders are necessary in fiction to test the rules of the community. He also speaks about his experience in and the value of the creative writing program at Concordia University, his involvement with PEN International, and the problems of censorship in various countries. In a follow-up interview, critical responses to In a Glass House (the second novel in the trilogy), specifically concerning its apparent lack of structure, are discussed.Published
1993-06-06
How to Cite
Rimmer, M. (1993). Nino Ricci: A Big Canvas. Studies in Canadian Literature, 18(2). Retrieved from https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/SCL/article/view/8190
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Interview
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