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  • Bibliography:
    12 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1993
  • Latest Book:
    September 2021
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Book List in Order: 12 titles



  • "In a faithless world, the transitory and temporal hold the only redemptive power possible, and at their most eloquent, Bergen's stories are a lyrical evocation of this power."--Eric Henderson, The Vancouver Sun...



  • David Bergen has created a richly layered story of sexual intrigue, vanity and betrayal in the small prairie town of Lesser, a community where everyone's most private moments become public knowledge. We meet Agnes, the local hairdresser who dispenses...



  • Several years after the tragic death of his son Stephen, Paul Unger discovers that the boy's ex-girlfriend may have given birth to a child that could be his grandson and hopes that the child could represent a link with his lost son. By the author of ...



  • In search of love, absolution, or forgiveness, Charles Boatman leaves the Fraser Valley of British Columbia and returns mysteriously to Vietnam, the country where he fought twenty-nine years earlier as a young, reluctant soldier. But his new encounte...



  • Bestselling novelist David Bergen follows his Scotiabank Giller Prize -- winning The Time in Between with a haunting novel about the clash of generations -- and cultures.

    In 1973, outside of Kenora, Ontario, Raymond Seymour, an eighteen-year...



  • An “immaculately written, trenchantly honest, hugely compelling” novel from the Giller Prize"winning author of Stranger (Globe and Mail). When Morris Schutt, a prominent newspaper columnist, surveys his life over the past year, he sees disast...



  • The Age of Hope is the story of Hope Koop, from her teenage years to old age. Hope is a woman trying to raise a family, be a good wife, while also dealing with questions about herself, her role as a woman and her role in the world. Set in Manitoba, t...





  • A stirring novel that lays bare the bonds of motherhood, revealing just how far a mother will go to reclaim her stolen child Íso Perdido, a young Guatemalan woman, works at a fertility clinic at Ixchel, named for the Mayan goddess of creation and...






  • SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE • A NEW YORK TIMES NEW & NOTEWORTHY BOOK • A GLOBE AND MAIL TOP 100 BOOK FOR 2020 • A CBC BEST FICTION BOOK FOR 2020 • "His third appearance on the Giller shortlist ... affirms Bergen amo...



  • "Bergen's power as a writer pulls like an undertow... An uncanny, discerning, merciful algebra on what love takes, and where it leaves us." — Paige CooperIn Out of Mind, David Bergen delves into the psyche of Lucille Black, mother, grand...



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    The Case of Lena S. follows the life, loves, and coming-of-age of sixteen-year-old Mason Crowe during a year in which he will learn what it truly means to be in the world. At the centre of the novel is Lena, a troubled girl who has “chosen̶...


Award-Winning Books by David Bergen

The Time In Between
2005 Scotiabank Giller Prize -- Fiction


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

David Bergen has published 12 books.

David Bergen does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Out of Mind, was published in September 2021.

The first book by David Bergen, Sitting Opposite My Brother, was published in January 1993.

No. David Bergen does not write books in series.