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9780889224513

And Other Stories

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  • ISBN13:

    9780889224513

  • ISBN10:

    088922451X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-07-01
  • Publisher: Talonbooks Ltd
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Summary

Fiction. George Bowering has put together this new collection of Canadian short fiction that takes the thematics of postmodernity as self-evident. AND OTHER STORIES offers not just more instances of difference, of other-ness and the race, gender, class and politics of the other, but tales where our most talented writers reflect on being, other(s). Includes stories by Andre Alexis, Margaret Atwood, Clark Blaise, Clint Burnham, Matt Cohen, Candas Jane Dorsey, George Elliot, M.A.C. Farrant, Brian Fawcett, Timothy Findley, Keath Fraser, Hiromi Goto, Thomas King, Dany Laferriere, Suzette Mayr, Leon Rooke, Diane Schoemperlen, Gail Scott, Audrey Thomas, Guillermo Verdecchia and Sheila Watson.

Table of Contents

Introduction 9(6)
George Bowering
My Anabasis
15(26)
Andre Alexis
A Girl's Story
41(12)
David Arnason
Poppies: Three Variations
53(8)
Margaret Atwood
Meditations on Starch
61(16)
Clark Blaise
Little Me
77(14)
George Bowering
Hamlet
91(8)
Clint Burnham
The Bone Fields
99(24)
Matt Cohen
Sleeping in a Box
123(10)
Candas Jane Dorsey
What do the children mean?
133(12)
George Elliott
Studies Show/Experts Say
145(12)
M.A.C. Farrant
The World Machines
157(20)
Brian Fawcett
Kellerman's Windows
177(12)
Timothy Findley
Taking Cover
189(14)
Keath Fraser
Home Stay
203(14)
Hiromi Goto
Totem
217(10)
Thomas King
How Can a Black Writer Find His Way in This Jungle?
227(6)
Dany Laferriere
Nipple Gospel
233(10)
Suzette Mayr
Art
243(8)
Leon Rooke
Railroading or: Twelve Small Stories With The Word ``Train'' in The Title
251(24)
Diane Schoemperlen
Ottawa
275(14)
Gail Scott
The Man with Clam Eyes
289(10)
Audrey Thomas
A Day in the Life of Thomas Macomber
299(12)
Guillermo Verdecchia
And the Four Animals
311(6)
Sheila Watson
Notes on the Contributors 317

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