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Simona Bertacco: Out of Place: the Writings of Robert Kroetsch.

Publication: Textual Studies in Canada
Publication Date: 22-JUN-04 		Format: Online - approximately 698 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Simona Bertacco: Out of Place: the Writings of Robert Kroetsch.(Book Review)

Article Excerpt
New York: Peter Lang, 2002. 280 pages,

In Out of Place: The Writings of Robert Kroetsch, critic Simona Bertacco turns her gaze on one of Canada's literary icons. In this work, she asks three questions of the reader: Who is Robert Kroetsch and why does he write? What is Canadian? What is Canadian literature? That Bertacco, with informed intent, attempts to pin down this archetypal Canadian contradiction is admirable and exciting. But it can't be done. She knows it can't be done. And she doesn't do it. Yet she accomplishes what she sets out to do. Consequently, Out of Place is very much...

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