Journal Entry 1 by potok-fan from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Thursday, January 20, 2011

We found we had two copies of this, so are letting one go.

"Since the publication of Margaret Atwood's Survival in 1972, an enhanced awareness of victimization and power has been reflected by many Canadian women writers of fiction who have presented complex images of women as powerful. Aritha Van Herk's Judith and The Tent Peg take a strident feminist stance, presenting images in which women are seen to have androgynous power, power combined from men's and women's traditional sources of power; for Van Herk, freedom of choice seems to be the ultimate power." (Beran 1990)

"The inevitable confrontations in this memorable novel leave no one unchanged."
-- Library Journal

"Unusual, skilled fiction. . . . Van Herk successfully manipulates an unusual narrative."
-- Booklist

"Written with care, sensitivity and considerable style."
-- Publisher's Weekly

"Aritha van Herk's creation of a mystical world infiltrated by reality captures little blue moments of intensity and truth that can hurt."
-- Dallas Times-Herald 

Journal Entry 2 by potok-fan at Turun yliopisto, Päärakennus in Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Released 1 yr ago (4/19/2011 UTC) at Turun yliopisto, Päärakennus in Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland

WILD RELEASE NOTES:

The author, Aritha van Herk, will be giving a lecture in Room II. She will be speaking to students of Canadian history, but all are welcome. This lecture is open to the public.

This book will be released for the occasion. :)