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The Stone Carvers, written by Canadian author, Jane Urquhart, lends a non-European, non-American perspective to the history of WWI. While the Canadian landmarks named in the novel may not be familiar, the reader soon recognizes the universal human element. The story dates from 1867 to 1938. It opens with early European immigrants struggling in Canada, followed by their grandchildren revisiting the homeland to fight in WWI. We then travel with the remnants of surviving battered Canadian soldiers returning home, only to be awed as loyal Canadians travel to France once again to honor their fallen heroes at the Vimy War Monument in the wake of WWII. The Stone Carvers attempts to reveal the lost innocence and ambiguity of war, while also uncovering the tensions that exist between nationalities and genders. Jane Urquhart has given voice to those whom society ignores. Her characters offer a "personal retrospection" to a historical time and place(340).Read full review
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