| Description |
593 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Segue -- Various miracles Various miracles -- Mrs. Turner cutting the grass -- Accidents -- Sailors lost at sea -- Purple blooms -- Flitting behavior -- Pardon -- Words -- Poaching -- Scenes -- Fragility -- The metaphor is dead-- pass it on -- A wood (with Anne Giardini) -- Love so fleeting, love so fine -- Dolls, dolls, dolls, dolls -- Invitations -- Taking the train -- Home -- The journal -- Salt -- Others. The orange fish The orange fish -- Chemistry -- Hazel -- Today is the day -- Hinterland -- Block out -- Collision -- Good manners -- Times of sickness and health -- Family secrets -- Fuel for the fire -- Milk bread beer ice. Dressing up for the carnival Dressing up for the carnival -- A scarf -- Weather -- Flatties: their various forms and uses -- Dying for love -- Ilk -- Stop! -- Mirrors -- The harp -- Our men and women -- Keys -- Absence -- Windows -- Reportage -- Edith-Esther -- New music -- Soup du jour -- Invention -- Death of an artist -- The next best kiss -- Eros -- Dressing down |
| Summary |
For the first time all of Carol Shields' remarkable short stories - some previously unpublished - are gathered together in one volume. With the profound maturity and exquisite eye for detail that never failed to capture readers of her prize-winning novels, Carol Shields dazzles with these remarkable stories. Generous, delightful, and acutely observed, this essential collection illuminates the miracles that grace our lives; it will continue to enchant for years to come |
| Notes |
Also published : London : Harper Perennial, 2005 |
| Subject |
Short stories.
|
|
Short stories, English -- 20th century.
|
|
Short stories, English -- Women authors.
|
| SUBJECT |
Canada -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100389
|
| Genre/Form |
Short stories.
|
|
Fiction.
|
|
Fiction.
|
| ISBN |
0007192053 hardback |
|
