Cape Breton's Sigh
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The story of "Cape Breton Sigh" shuttles between "present" and "past". The protagonist Alexander Macdonald has left his hometown long ago, and his memory of the past has been blurred. However, the intersection with his brother and sister often made him inadvertently recall his childhood life and the stories of his ancestors. He finally understood the deep love of blood and the feelings of his hometown that transcend all pain and suffering. This is also a work about cultural origins, a reduced version of the history of Scottish immigration. Through personal growth and family changes, Alistair Macleod shows the turbulent Canadian cultural landscape over the past two centuries and explores the process of mutual repulsion and symbiosis between different languages and cultures.
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