Turn of the Story : Canadian Short Fiction on the Eve of the Millennium

by Thomas, Joan; Harms, Heidi

• ISBN13: 9780887846373
• ISBN10: 0887846378
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Pgw

Summary

"Turn of the Story represents and celebrates the work of twenty of Canada's finest contemporary writers, including Margaret Atwood, Dionne Brand, Bonnie Burnard, Elisabeth Harvor, Steven Heighton, Greg Hollingshead, Monique Proulx, Carol Shields, and Guy Vanderhaeghe, among others. The editors invited submissions from established writers and new writers and everyone in between, making excellence the sole criterion for inclusion. As a result, this book will long be treasured not only for unveiling new work by favourite writers, but for bringing to our attention writers who are poised to carry on Canada's literary legacy in the years ahead."

Table of Contents

The Labrador Fiasco	1	(14)
Margaret Atwood
Finals	15	(6)
Steven Heighton
Too True	21	(14)
Kristen den Hartog
Leonard Dobie's Condition	35	(22)
Connie Gault
The Jimi Hendrix Experience	57	(12)
Guy Vanderhaeghe
Tamarindus Indica	69	(18)
Dionne Brand
Evening at the Edge of the Water	87	(16)
Bonnie Burnard
The Wedding Ring	103	(10)
Leo McKay Jr.
Banana Chaudfroid	113	(18)
Monique Proulx
Matt Cohen
Burn Man on a Texas Porch	131	(12)
Mark Jarman
Play the Monster Blind	143	(26)
Lynn Coady
Down with Heartbreak	169	(16)
Elisabeth Harvor
Summer	185	(14)
Kent Nussey
Dreams: Storms: Dogs	199	(12)
Janice Kulyk Keefer
Dresses	211	(8)
Lise Bissonnette
Sheila Fischman
The Pallbearer's Gloves	219	(14)
Michael Winter
Born Again	233	(18)
Greg Hollingshead
Mouths, Open	251	(10)
Lisa Moore
Mad Fish	261	(12)
Olive Senior
Our Men and Women	273
Carol Shields