Jane Urquhart is the author of seven internationally acclaimed novels, a collection of stories and four books of poetry. She has received numerous awards and honours, including the Governor General's Award for Fiction, the Trillium Award, the Habourfront Festival Prize, and le prix du meillieur livre etranger in France. She lives in Ontario, Canada, and occasionally in Ireland.
'Wise and psychologically astute'.
*The Tablet*
'A skilful and sophisticated novel, enriched by Urquhart's gift for
evoking landscape and by her precise, poetic prose'.
*The Sunday Times (Culture)*
‘Urquhart's poetic, almost ethereal writing invites readers to
revisit certain passages and marvel. This book about unquenchable
longing is a lovely addition to her distinguished, award-filled
oeuvre.’
*Library Journal*
‘Jane Urquhart’s writing compellingly depicts the sense of place in
human lives.’
*Alice Munro*
'Urquhart writes forcefully; her imagery is vivid, and her
evocation of time and place is accomplished and assured.'
*Times Literary Supplement*
‘A rich, lush novel with much to mine … for its language alone, The
Night Stages will quickly earn its place among Urquhart's other
globally acclaimed and award-winning novels … The Night Stages
is another tour de force by this exceptional author.’
*Toronto Star*
'Jane Urqhuart charts the restless weather of the human heart in
the same observant, inventive way the ancient Greeks mapped the
constellations.'
*Washington Post*
‘Thoughtful, multifaceted work … Urquhart-whose prose at times
flows from the same hand that has written four volumes of
poetry-reveals her characters slowly, placing them within or privy
to smaller narratives, vignettes, anecdotes that are themselves
small marvels of storytelling and serve the several themes of
love's pain, family turmoil, and the elusive sense of home and
place, especially in light of Ireland's immigrant history …
Masterful.
*Kirkus Reviews*
‘Urquhart has masterfully captured the thoughts of two damaged
young men … a powerful, observant novel that builds quietly to a
fever pitch.’
*Vancouver Sun*
'‘By the time one finishes reading The Night Stages, all kinds of
knowledge will have imperceptively crept up – knowledge about
weather, flight and, most of all, the landscape of Ireland's
gorgeous, rugged County Kerry … In Urquhart's hands, even the most
troubled spaces contain the potential for redemption.'
*Winnipeg Free Press*
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