The Rogers Writer's Trust fiction prize was established to celebrate and advance Canadian writing.
This year's winner is Colin McAdam's A Beautiful Truth (M).
"A powerful and haunting meditation on human nature
told from the dual perspectives of a Vermont family that has adopted a
chimp as a surrogate son, and a group of chimpanzees in a Florida
research institute. Looee, a chimp raised by a well-meaning and
compassionate human couple who cannot conceive a baby of their own, is
forever set apart. He's not human, but with his peculiar upbringing he
is no longer like other chimps. One tragic night Looee's two natures
collide and their unique family is forever changed .... A novel of great heart and wisdom
from a literary master, it exposes the yearnings, cruelty, and
resilience of all great apes" publisher.
The Writer's Trust jury had this to say about
A Beautiful Truth:
"A Beautiful Truth by Colin McAdam tells the story of Judy and
Walt, of their adopted chimpanzee Looee, and of a whole cast of other
primates at a research institute in Florida. In prose both strange and
startling, Colin McAdam asks what, if anything, separates the human from
the animal; he answers with heartbreaking honesty. This is the kind of
book you finish just to pick back up again, if only to figure out how he
pulled it off."
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