The Orange Fish - Brossura

Shields, Carol

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ISBN 10: 0140152822 ISBN 13: 9780140152821

Casa editrice: Penguin, 1992

Riassunto

In each of these twelve tales Carol Shields exhibits her extraordinary ability to find meaning and mystery in the chaos of ordinary life. In the title story, an unhappily married couple find their print of an orange fish brings them newfound harmony as they join other owner of the print who gather to extol the miraculous powers of fishness.” Chemistry” describes a group of young musicians drawn briefly into an impenetrable circle of love. And in Hazel,” a middle-aged woman finally comes into her own as a sales rep for a line of kitchen products. The Orange Fish is a collection full of wit and compassion, a series of stories to be read and reread and savored.

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Recensione:

“Infused with sly humor these poignant stories revel in the ordinary, with a few side trips towards the sublime.”—The Washington Post Book World 

“She deals in profound issues of human experience, drawing them from everyday existence with vulnerable honesty and a good dose of painkilling humor.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer

L'autore:

Carol Shields (1935-2003) is the author of The Stone Diaries, which won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Canada's Governor General's Award. Her other novels and short-story collections includeThe Republic of Love, Happenstance, Swann, The Orange Fish, Various Miracles, The Box Garden, and Small Ceremonies (all available from Penguin).

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• Editore: Penguin
• Data di pubblicazione: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0140152822
• ISBN 13: 9780140152821
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 208