Description: Hunting History: A Writer's Odyssey is an unforgettable journey through time, memory, and the enduring power of storytelling.
Brief description:
ERNA PARIS, a frequent contributor to opinion pages of the Globe and Mail, was the author of seven acclaimed works of literary non-fiction and the winner of twelve national and international writing awards for her books, feature writing, and radio documentaries. Her works were published in fourteen countries and translated into eight languages. They included The End of Days: A Story of Tolerance, Tyranny, and The Expulsion of the Jews from Spain (1995); Long Shadows: Truth, Lies, and History (2000), which won the Pearson Writers Trust Non-Fiction Prize and the inaugural Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing; The Sun Climbs Slow: The International Criminal Court and the Struggle for Justice (2008); and From Tolerance to Tyranny: A Cautionary Tale From Fifteenth-Century Spain (2015). Appointed to the Order of Canada in 2015, s
Review Quotes: "In this moment, when foreign correspondents are ever more rare, when international investigatory journalism is in decline except at a few well-financed outlets, and when concern for minorities and for rights denied is in eclipse, it is refreshing to join what Roland and Michelle Paris recall as a lifetime of yeasty dinner table conversations."
--David Marks Shribman "Literary Review of Canada" (4/30/2026 12:00:00 AM)