Conrad Romuld was born in 1926 on his parents’ farm in west-central Saskatchewan. The ninth of ten children born to Norwegian immigrant parents, he was young enough to be aware of the hardships and uncertainties that beset his elders during the “dirty thirties,” but was still old enough to enjoy the vibrant community life of rural Saskatchewan. He obtained his Grade Twelve standing largely through independent home study and went on to study English Literature at the University in Saskatchewan and at Leeds University in England. After University, Romuld enjoyed a long and varied career in public education. He and his wife Rita have three daughters and three granddaughters. They currently live in Saskatoon.
Call of the Kew Apple
Call of the Kew Apple
And Other Stories
Conrad Romuld
In this delightfully quirky collection of stories, Romuld spells things out just the way they were when Saskatchewan was young and, in rural communities like Banshee, everyone knew what everyone else had for breakfast. He presents a remarkable array of seemingly ordinary characters who find themselves caught up in extraordinary situations that range from laugh-out-loud comical to starkly tragic. Through his prose and poetry, he offers the kind of unvarnished truth that rarely finds its way onto the pages of history books.
ISBN: 9781894694834
CDN/USD $19.95
