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“The sidewalks in central Toronto were very wide, but even so, this blind man seemed fearless.”
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“This is such a forgiving city.” “And orderly?” “That too.” “I’m Paul.” He smiled and nodded in thanks.”
“From Mariner Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.”
“Copyright © 2026 by Paul Theroux.”
“On my first visit in the spring of 1982, I met Margaret Atwood, who had recently published her novel Bodily Harm .”
““I have to go sell something.” ______________________________ Excerpted from the book True North: On the Road in Canada by Paul Theroux.”
“There we stood, side by side, the blind man patient, using his cane as an antenna, twitching it to gauge his nearness to the curb’s edge.”
““Can you see anything at all?” “A little,” he said, still walking.”
““Can I help you?” I asked.”
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“Literary Hub » Forgiving City, City of Atwood: Paul Theroux Visits Toronto Literary Hub Craft and Criticism Literary Criticism Craft and Advice In Conversation On Translation Fiction and Poetry Short Story From the Novel Poem News and Culture History Science Politics Biography Memoir Food Technology Bookstores and Libraries Film and TV Travel Music Art and Photography The Hub Style Design Sports Become A Member Lit Hub Radio The Lit Hub Podcast Awakeners Fiction/Non/Fiction The Critic and Her Publics Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast Memoir Nation Beyond the Page First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing Thresholds The Cosmic Library Culture Schlock Reading Lists Book Marks Best Reviewed Books CrimeReads True Crime The Daily Thrill Log In Craft and Criticism Fiction and Poetry News and Culture Lit Hub Radio Reading Lists Book Marks CrimeReads Log In Forgiving City, City of Atwood: Paul Theroux Visits Toronto Exploring What Makes Canada’s Largest Metropolis Surprisingly Intimate Via Mariner Books Paul Theroux October 6, 2026 The Blind Man on Bloor Street On my second day in Toronto, buffeted by the wind, taking a morning walk, dwarfed and darkened in the shadows of the first tall buildings I’d seen in Canada, I came abreast of a strolling blind man.”
“A Candid Canadian On another walk later that second day in Toronto—what a pleasure to be able to walk after all that driving—I decided I needed a hat, for the weather.”
“What is it you want?” “I was looking to buy a hat.” “Hats!”
“I had been to Toronto four times before this, visits always related to books—the Harbourfront Writers’ Festival, bookstore talks, interviews with the CBC—but those times I’d been confined to a small area of the city and never stayed long.”
“We talked about inspiration in writing, how it came from the oddest sources.”
“Not too far from here, but I need to take the Metro.” He’d gotten off at Bay Street station; we were walking west along Bloor Street.”
“At other sidewalk grates—they were about a yard square—I saw more sleeping figures or else cooing pigeons, huddled and jostling in the rising warmth.”
““Just turned green.” He stepped off the curb without faltering, and we crossed the street together.”
““I’m Pattana.” “Born in India?” “No.”
“The temperature was just below freezing and the stiff wind off the lake lowered it further.”
““You know the novelist Henry Green?” I asked—of course she did.”