David Carpenter
In writing a novel you're trying to catch the glitter and surface of the society you've created.
You're trying to catch the surface of reality in all kinds of ways; but the real action is below the surface.
You're sending out your word, your lines, and you're trying to plumb the depths without knowing exactly what's down there.
I Never Met a Rattlesnake I Didn’t Like: A Memoir
David Carpenter’s collection of essays explores a city boy’s love of the wild, a passion that has enriched his life from boyhood.
At 80, this irrepressible Saskatchewan raconteur examines his intense fascination with predators large and small, and his awe in the face of the variety of creatures that may be out to get us—or who are out to get one another. How does this combination of fear and wonder affect our relationship with the natural world? And why has Carpenter personally been both drawn to, and repelled by, so many wild animals, including alligators, wolves, cougars, spiders, black bears, grizzlies, weasels, and of course, snakes, and particularly deadly rattlesnakes?
Time Magazine article with an excerpt from The Education of Augie Merasty.
The Education of Augie Merasty
Offers a courageous and intimate chronicle of life in a residential school.
Named the fourth most important "Book of the Year" by the National Post in 2015 and voted "One Book/One Province" in Saskatchewan for 2017, The Education of Augie Merasty launched on the front page of The Globe and Mail to become a national bestseller and an instant classic.
A new edition of "The Education of Augie Merasty: A Residential School Memoir" is available from University of Regina Press.