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'Nights Below Station Street' is a novel by David Adams Richards, published in 1988."Searing fidelity about grim losers". 'The Globe and Mail', May 14, 1988. It was the first volume in his Miramichi trilogy, which also included the novels 'Evening Snow Will Bring Such Peace' (1990) and 'For Those Who Hunt the Wounded Down' (1993).[http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/david-adams-richards/ "David Adams Richards"]. 'The Canadian Encyclopedia', April 10, 2008.
The novel centres on the Walshes, a rural New Brunswick family in the 1970s. Patriarch Joe has been only irregularly employed since injuring his back at work several years earlier, his wife Rita is concerned about his resulting struggles with alcoholism and depression while herself struggling to cope with being the family's sole breadwinner, and teenage daughter Adele is bitterly unhappy with the family's circumstances and resentful of her father's inability to hold steady work.
The novel won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction at the 1988 Governor General's Awards."New Brunswick writer wins national race for top literary prize". 'The Globe and Mail', March 4, 1989.
The novel was adapted by Credo Entertainment as a television film,[http://playbackonline.ca/1997/04/07/6047-19970407/ "On the set of Nights Below Station Street"]. 'Playback', April 7, 1997. which aired on CBC Television in 1998."Despite misery, drama moving; Nights Below Station Street boasts fine acting and writing". 'Edmonton Journal', January 25, 1998. The cast included Liisa Repo-Martell as Adele Walsh, Lynda Boyd as Rita, Michael Hogan as Joe, and Brent Stait as Vye. It was also adapted for the stage by Caleb Marshall in 2006."Giving our stories a starring role; Arts Theatre New Brunswick's artistic producer wants to reconnect province with its history and 'The Bricklin' fits the bill". 'Telegraph-Journal', July 24, 2010.
Richards directly pokes fun at himself in his 2016 novel 'Principles to Live By', in which several characters dismiss 'Nights Below Station Street' as a "dirty, ignorant novel" that "nobody in their right mind would want to read".[http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/books/book-reviews/david-adams-richards-offers-principles-to-live-by-namely-have-some-common-decency "David Adams Richards offers Principles to Live By, namely, have some common decency"]. 'National Post', May 18, 2016.
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Category:1988 Canadian novels
Category:Novels by David Adams Richards
Category:Governor General's Award-winning novels
Category:Canadian novels adapted into films
Category:Canadian novels adapted into plays
Category:1998 television films
Category:1998 films
Category:CBC Television original films
Category:Films directed by Norma Bailey
Category:New Canadian Library
Category:Canadian drama television films
Category:1990s Canadian films
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