So Huckleberry Finn is the Great American Novel, and I was wondering what the Great Canadian Novel is.
PNQ: Opinions?
Personally I can't help but feel that it's Anne of Green Gables, but there are other opinions out there. One that keeps coming up is The Handmaid's Tale, but I don't think that it's a valid candidate. Just being a bestseller by an author of Nationality X doesn't make a book a "Great Nation X Novel."
Plus I must admit that I think that it takes time to reach the status of the "Great Nation X Novel." For example, we might peg Heidi for Switzerland or Hans Brinker for Holland, but they weren't such at the time. Even Huck Finn and Twain in general took time to reach legendary status.
PNQ: Do you have an opinion on a better "Great American Novel" than Huck Finn?
I can't help but wonder if The Wizard of Oz better fits this role.
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