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Sick Heart River (1941) is a novel by Scottish author John Buchan set in Canada. It was published posthumously. The book was published in the United States under the title Mountain Meadow . Plot summary. Sir Edward Leithen is diagnosed with advanced tuberculosis and given a year to live.
- John Buchan
- 1941
3.92. 338 ratings46 reviews. Sir Edward Leithen - perhaps the autobiographical of Buchan's characters - is dying of tuberculosis and has been given a year to live. After this prognosis, Leithen undertakes a profoundly heroic quest from London to the Canadian Northwest, tracking down a missing man who is literally 'sick at heart'.
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14 de may. de 2019 · Sick Heart River is John Buchan's most powerful novel and his last, completed days before his death. It was published posthumously in 1941. Buchan's rich descriptions of the rugged Canadian...
- 1098735838, 9781098735838
- John Buchan
- Sick Heart River
Sick Heart River. "Sick Heart River turns the adventure yarn into a spiritual quest with an authority that few have ever rivalled."--Evening Standard Sick Heart River is both John Buchan's most powerful novel and his last, completed just days before his death. It was published posthumously in 1941.
30 de jun. de 2022 · Sick Heart River. June 30, 2022. Today is the last day of John Buchan June. All along, my plan has been to end the month by reading and reviewing Buchan’s final novel, the posthumously published Sick Heart River, which he completed only days before his unexpected death in the early weeks of 1940.
Sick Heart River is John Buchan's most powerful novel, completed just days before his death. The rich, authentic descriptions of the rugged Canadian landscape were influenced by a voyage down...
24 de abr. de 2015 · “Sick Heart River” is a powerful and compelling novel originally published in 1941. It is John Buchan's last novel which was completed days before his death in 1940. It follows a dying...
