Description

The Disinherited, first released in 1974, is among Matt Cohenis four books that came into existence referred to as the Salem quartet--tales occur the fictional village of Salem in western Ontario, someplace north of Kingston in the tough farmland and woodland of the Canadian Shield. These would be the books that first introduced Matt Cohen to nationwide interest. Just like his Governor-General's Prize-winning novel, Elizabeth and After, The Disinherited is just a novel of love and the property and their effect on a family empire, of the steady encroachment of the current-day town and its builders, and of the family's battle from the risk of disintegration.From the Trade Paperback edition.