This fictional account of Columbus's travels through the western sea and the western imagination is by turns poetic, ironic, and humorous. Songs, conversations, images, and Columbus's thoughts create such a vivid picture that readers will feel as though they are along for the ride. This lucid tale recreates the power to invent; it is a book about perception and reality and an analysis of the autobiographical voice.

About the Author:Robert Finley teaches English literature at l'Université Ste-Anne. He is the editor of the trilingual magazine Feux chalins. He lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.