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Title	:	Who Has Seen the Wind
Author	:	W.O. Mitchell
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 352 pages
Published	:	September 14th 2001 by New Canadian Library (first published 1947)
Categories	:	Fiction. Cultural. Canada. Classics. Literature

Who Has Seen the Wind

W.O. Mitchell

Paperback | Pages: 352 pages

Rating: 3.86 | 3903 Users | 156 Reviews

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When W.O. Mitchell died in 1998, he was described as "Canada's best-loved writer." Every commentator agreed that his best—and his best-loved—book was Who Has Seen the Wind. Since it was first published in 1947, this book has sold almost a million copies in Canada.

As we enter the world of four-year-old Brian O'Connal, his father the druggist, his Uncle Sean, his mother, and his formidable Scotch grandmother ("she belshes … a lot"), it soon becomes clear that this is no ordinary book. As we watch Brian grow up, the prairie and its surprising inhabitants like the Ben and Saint Sammy—and the rich variety of small-town characters—become unforgettable. This book will be a delightful surprise for all those who are aware of it, but have never quite got around to reading it, till now.

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Original Title:	Who Has Seen the Wind
ISBN:	077103475X (ISBN13: 9780771034756)
Edition Language:	English
Setting:	Canadian Prairies(Canada) Saskatchewan(Canada)

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I thoroughly enjoyed this Canadian story of a boy growing up on the prairies. I was taken in with Mitchell's style, character painting, and depiction of the natural world. There was a sense of wonder to it. Particularly poignant for me as a mom was the chapter in which Brian asks for skates for Christmas - there was a beautiful mother-son moment there. Despite the language (which suits the characters who use it), I'm glad I got a nice, vintage hardcover edition. It will have a special place on

"Feathering lazily, crazily down,loosed from the hazed softness of the sky, the snow came to rest in startling white bulbs on the dead leaves of the poplars, webbing in between the branches. Just outside the grandmother's room, where she lay quite still in her bed, the snow fell soundlessly, flake by flake piling up its careless weight. Now and again a twig would break off suddenly, relieve itself of a white burden of snow, and drop to earth." The prose is absolutely beautiful; you are in the

Given the enormous reputation of the author and of this book in particular, I found it diappointing. Certainly, the imagery and lyricism are outstanding; so as a book of prose it sits at the head of the class. And Mitchell's portrayal of the socially oppressive environment of a prairie town rang true -- perhaps a Western variant of Davies' Deptford with all its local petty tyrants and their victims.But that failed to make it an enjoyable story -- in fact there's not much story at all, just a set

"It had something to do with dying; it had something to do with being born. Loving something and being hungry were with it too. He knew that much now. There was the prairie; there was a meadow lark, a baby pigeon, and a calf with two heads. In some haunting way the Ben was part of it. So was Mr. Digby."Thanks to my cross-Atlantic flight which kept me in a seat for hours with little distraction I finished reading the Canadian classic that is Who Has Seen the Wind. This is a feat that I probably

A Canadian classic! My favourite image from the book: "where the sidewalk ends and the Prairie begins".

My mother tried to have this book removed from the curriculum in the Christian high school I went to.After she failed, I could hardly wait to read the book. I was very disappointed. There was absolutely nothing any reasonable person could have objected to, and very little to titillate a typical boy in grade 10.According to my mother, the word damn appeared too often, and there was a religious fanatic who wasn't portrayed in a positive light.I love my mom, but she was way off base on this one.

Difficult to follow in places, but plenty of touching, charming and funny moments to move me along. An endearing protagonist and a poetic narrative. It's the first book to make me cry in a long time.