Wayne Johnston
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams Genre de texte Contexte Texte original Texte témoin
Roman
Rêve de Miss Garrigus, missionnaire de l’Église pentecôtiste. Ce rêve explique comment elle est arrivé de New-York à St-John’s, Terre-Neuve.
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, Toronto: Vintage, 1999, p. 80.
Une arche
I felt compelled by the Lord to come to Newfoundland and establish here a mission called the Ark. The shape of Newfoundland began appearing in my dreams, first a vague shape that each night grew more distinct and began to look like some sort of island, though which one I could not tell. Eventually, it was Newfoundland I saw, though I did not know it, I did not know what Newfoundland looked like. I drew the shape I saw in my dreams and showed it to a friend, who told me I had drawn a map of Newfoundland, a map that was accurate in every way.