A Complicated Kindness

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A Complicated Kindness
First edition cover
Author Miriam Toews
Country Canada
Language English
Genre(s) Novel
Publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Canada
Released April 2004
Media Type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 256 pp (first editon, hardcover)
ISBN ISBN 0-676-97612-3 (first editon, hardcover), ISBN 0-571-22400-8 (first American edition, hardcover)
Preceded by Swing Low: A Life

A Complicated Kindness is a novel by Canadian author Miriam Toews.

Originally published in 2004 by Knopf Canada, it was the winner of the Governor General's Award for English Fiction, and was nominated for the Giller Prize. It spent over a year on the Canadian bestseller lists. East Village, the town in the novel, is generally considered to be a fictionalized version of Toews' hometown of Steinbach, Manitoba.

A Complicated Kindness was chosen for inclusion in Canada Reads 2006, where it was championed by singer-songwriter, poet and publisher John K. Samson. It won the competition.

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