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Jon Lien was once a respected researcher and a risk-taker, swimming into dangerous waters to rescue trapped whales. But now Jon is confined to land, living his last years in a wheelchair with brain damage. Swimming backward through time, Robert Chafe crafts a raw portrayal of the true story of Newfoundland's "W hale Man" into a tale of perseverance and compassion.
Price: $17.95
Pages: 128
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Imprint: Playwrights Canada Press
Publication Date:
04 September 2018
Trim Size: 8.38 X 5.38 in
ISBN: 9781770919013
Format: Paperback
Robert Chafe has worked in theatre, dance, opera, radio, fiction, and film. His stage plays have been seen in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and in the United States, and include Oil and Water, Tempting Providence, Afterimage, Under Wraps, and The Colony of Unrequited Dreams (adapted from the novel by Wayne Johnston). He has been shortlisted three times for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama, and he won in 2010 for Afterimage. 2016 saw the premiere of his first opera, Ours (with composer John Estacio), and the release of his first book of fiction Two-Man Tent (Breakwater Books). He lives in St. John’s and is the playwright and artistic director of Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland.