Collected Stories - Rilegato

Shields, Carol

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ISBN 10: 0060762039 ISBN 13: 9780060762032

Casa editrice: Fourth Estate, 2005

Riassunto

A collection of short works by the late Pulitzer Prize-winning writer features definitive pieces written throughout the course of her career, including the previously unpublished, "Segue," a portrayal of a sonnet writer who faces an unknown darkness. By the author of The Stone Diaries. 50,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

“A magisterial compilation... Shields has left us with an intricate literary map of human relationships.” (Washington Post Book World)

“Surprising, daring, and varied...Shields’ Collected Stories makes you feel more keenly the premature loss of her tremendous talent.” (Rocky Mountain News)

“A revelation and a delight.” (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

“A joyride...One delightful turn after another.” (Boston Globe)

“Sublime...Original...Superb...These surprising, effervescent stories can only help to ensure the power of [Shields’] legacy.” (Miami Herald)

“Marvelous...This big, beautiful collection should win Shields the devoted readership she deserves.” (O magazine)

“Genius...[Shields] is one of our strongest voices in literature.” (Charlotte Observer)

“Transcendent...Shields’s stories are made of the fresh air and sunshine of comfortable daily life.” (new york sun)

“Shields writes about whimsy, happenstance and serendipity, tragedies that really aren’t, and clean, cutting prose about things that really hurt...Amazing.” (Denver Post)

“Surprising, daring, and varied...Shields’ Collected Stories makes you feel more keenly the premature loss of her tremendous talent. (Rocky Mountain News)

L'autore:

Carol Shields was born in Chicago and lived in Canada for most of her life. She is the author of three short story collections and eight novels, including the Pulitzer Prize -- winning The Stone Diaries and Larry’s Party, winner of the Orange Prize.

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• Editore: Fourth Estate
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0060762039
• ISBN 13: 9780060762032
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 593