ALEXIS, ANDRE

Despair and Other Stories of Ottawa

McClelland & Stewart, 1994. First Edition. Paperback. ISBN: 0889104786. Stated First Edition. Trade Paperback with French Flaps. Very Good+ with a solid binding, bright, unmarked pages. A small black mark to the bottom edges. Light corner bumping and cover rubbing. "These eight stories reveal a world that's both recognizable and strange: cities of anxiety and violence, where quiet inhabitants lead outwardly banal lives that conceal sinister interiors. The premises, both fantastic and surreal, are also eerily plausible; they often follow the logic of dreams where the real can appear in disguise. Though geographically rooted, the setting - from Ottawa to Toronto and the South of France - take on an ephemeral dimension: the geography is of the subconscious." ; 5.5 X 0.75 X 8.5 inches; 229 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 27341

Catalogue: Canada, Fiction, Ottawa, Canada, Short Stories

Keywords: 0889104786 Fiction > Trinidad and Tobago Ottawa, Ontario Short Stories Fiction Canada Culture Short Stories

ATWOOD MARGARET

Dancing Girls & Other Stories

McClelland & Stewart, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771008104. First Edition. Black Hardcovers with gilt titles to the spine. In Very Good++ condition with a sound binding, the pages are all clean & unmarked with light age tanning. A small bump to the front cover top edge. The DJ is unclipped, Very Good, intact, without any tearing to the edges. Some veining (bubbling) to the back cover. Contents: The war in the bathroom. --The man from Mars. --Polarities. --Under glass. --The grave of the famous poet. --Rape fantasies. --Hair jewellery. --When it happens. --A travel piece. --The resplendant Quetzal. --Training. --Lives of the poets. --Dancing girls. --Giving birth. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages; Box 47. Very Good .

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Book number: 23630

Catalogue: Canada, Fiction, Short Stories

Keywords: 0771008104 Fiction > Short Stories Fiction Canada Short Stories

ATWOOD, MARGARET

Moral Disorder

McClelland & Stewart, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771008708. Grey Hardcovers, silver titles to the spine. In Fine condition, no loose pages, a clean & unmarked interior. The DJ is unclipped, some discoloration to the spine hinge area. Light cover edgewear and rubbing. "In these ten interrelated stories Atwood traces the course of a life and also the lives intertwined with it, while evoking the drama and the humour that colour common experiences — the birth of a baby, divorce and remarriage, old age and death. With settings ranging from Toronto, northern Quebec, and rural Ontario, the stories begin in the present, as a couple no longer young situate themselves in a larger world no longer safe. Then the narrative goes back in time to the forties and moves chronologically forward toward the present." ; 5.8 X 0.9 X 8.4 inches; 240 pages. Fine .

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Book number: 26881

Catalogue: Canada, Fiction, Short Stories, Literature

Keywords: 0771008708 Canada Fiction > Literature Short Stories Fiction Canada Literature Short Stories

GALLANT, MAVIS

From the Fifteenth District: A Novella and Eight Short Stories

MacMillan Canada Toronto 1986, 1986. Paperback. ISBN: 0839828977. A Very Good Paperback, tightly bound, clean & unmarked pages, age tanning. One crease to the spine and two dogeared pages. "Gallant has a unique talent for distilling the sense of otherness one feels abroad into something tangible and utterly understandable. In this collection, she relates the stories of those stranded in relationships, places, and even times in which they don't belong." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 243 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 26850

Catalogue: Canada, Fiction, Short Stories, Historical Fiction, Culture

Keywords: 0839828977 Canada > Fiction Short Stories Historical Fiction Manners and Customs > Culture Fiction Canada Culture Historical Fiction Short Stories

ITANI, FRANCES

Leaning, Leaning over Water: A Novel in Ten Stories

Harpercollins Canada / Not Applicable, 1998. Hardcover. ISBN: 0002255014. Signed by the author on the title page. A Very clean, and tightly bound Hardcover. The DJ is unclipped and in Very Good condition. Light spine end bumping. "Almost all the narration is by Trude, the middle child of the King family. She has been told that her position in the family makes her the family collector and teller of stories. The stories she recounts crystallize crucial moments during the life of her family, the people around them, and the social climate of pre-Quiet Revolution Quebec. The stories begin after the father has moved his family to a rural area on the Quebec side of the Ottawa River, where he has taken a job painting fleur-de-lis on tin trays in a nearby factory. "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 206 pages; Signed by Author. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 27478

Catalogue: Canada, Domestic Fiction, Quebec, Short Stories

Keywords: 0002255014 Canada > Quebec Fiction > Short Stories Quebec

MUNRO, ALICE

Dear Life Stories

Douglas Gibson Books, 2012. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771064861. First Edition, First Printing. A Fine+ white Hardcover with bold gilt titles to the spine. The DJ is unclipped and in Fine+ condition. "While most of these stories take place in Munro's home territory - the small Canadian towns around Lake Huron - the characters sometimes venture to the cities, and the book ends with four pieces set in the area where she grew up, and in the time of her own childhood: stories "autobiographical in feeling, though not, sometimes, entirely so in fact." A girl who can't sleep imagines night after wakeful night that she kills her beloved younger sister. A mother snatches up her child and runs for dear life when a crazy woman comes into her yard." ; 6.3 X 1.2 X 9.27 inches; 336 pages. Fine+ in Fine+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 27508

Catalogue: Canada, Fiction, Short Stories

Keywords: 0771064861 Canada > Fiction Short Stories

MUNRO, ALICE

Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage

McClelland & Stewart, 2001. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0771065256. First Edition, First Printing. Black Hardcovers with silver titles to the spine. Near Fine, a sound binding, clean & unmarked pages. The previous owner's blind stamp on the front end paper. The DJ is unclipped and in Near Fine condition. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 336 pages. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 27510

Catalogue: Canada, Fiction, Culture, Short Stories

Keywords: 0771065256 Canada > Fiction Culture Short Stories Fiction Canada Culture Short Stories