At first he was quite hesitant, he´s more of a fantasy story fan, but just now he said, ´well, the story is gripping indeed´. I can also see this book turn into a movie, and a great one too. You think you are heading towards a clear ending and then. This writer has done poetry I understand, and I can see that, because the descriptions are sometimes beautifully poetic.

I can see the comparison with Cormac McCarthy, one of my favorites, it being a dark story of an individual struggling to stay alive in wilderness surroundings, but the difference is that Cormac´s style is sober and direct. Especially the mine town part of the story is wonderful. But once she gets into contact with other people in the story, it comes alive. The language and descriptions of the wilderness are beautiful, but after three pages of it, I thought, ´ok, noted about the wilderness beauty and cruelty, and now some action please´. A little slow in the beginning, especially the scenes where the Widow, Mary, is alone, were too long for me.

About a young woman running for her two brothers in law, in the Canadian wilderness, around 1900, after having killed her husband, this is not a real spoiler, it is clear right from the start I guess. The novel was later selected for the 2009 edition of Canada Reads, where it was championed by actor Nicholas Campbell.Īdamson currently lives in Toronto with poet Kevin Connolly.Truly, a beautiful book. 'The Outlander,' a novel set in the Canadian West at the turn of the 20th century, was published by House of Anansi in the spring of 2007 and won the Hammett Prize that year. She followed up with the short story collection 'Help Me, Jacques Cousteau' in 1995 and a second volume of poetry, 'Ashland,' in 2003, as well as multiple chapbooks and a commissioned fan biography of Gillian Anderson, 'Mulder, It’s Me,' which she coauthored with her sister-in-law Dawn Connolly in 1998. She won the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 2008 for her 2007 novel The Outlander.Īdamson's first published work was 'Primitive,' a volume of poetry, in 1991.

The novel was later selected for the 2009 ed Gil Adamson (born Gillian Adamson, 1961) is a Canadian writer. Adamson's first published work was 'Primitive,' a volume of poetry, in 1991. She won the Books in Canada First Novel Award in 2008 for her 2007 novel The Outlander. Gil Adamson (born Gillian Adamson, 1961) is a Canadian writer.

The Outlander by Gil Adamson