A Fair Country: Telling Truths about Canada (Hardcover) by John Ralston Saul

from bruchu

Flawed But Stimulates Discussion This latest book by Canadian intellectual John Ralston Saul is a philosophical study about Canada, its identity, and its place in the world. There is probably no better person to write a book like this than Saul and the the boldness with which he writes and argues...

from musecure

Saul's "A Fair Country" made me stop and rethink some of my assumptions about Canada, it's history and culture. There were a few moments when it all dropped into place and became so obvious. But there were also a few points were I felt Saul may have belaboured the point a bit much. Overall, the b...

from Knud

A pleasant surprise of a book that makes a good argument why Canada should, and probably will, return to the aboriginal ideas and ideals as our society finally starts to become truly multicultural. Saul challenges the reader to think deeply about what he is saying, usually by his explicit or impl...

from ted_newell

I was puzzled by this book. I admire the author as public intellectual who had years to gain a privileged view of the country at the side of the then-Governor General. I wait to hear more from him. For now, I was not persuaded that the founding generations of the country were much influenced by M...

from AJBraithwaite

I think this book should be required reading for all new Canadians. Not least because John Ralston Saul says such nice things about new immigrants. And because it makes such a lot of sense. It gets very political in the middle, but the historical perspective on how Canada was forged out of the Ab...