DRESSING UP FOR THE CARNIVAL - Stories
by Shields, Carol
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0679310940
- ISBN 13
- 9780679310945
- Seller
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Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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Synopsis
In Dressing Up for the Carnival , Carol Shields distills her characteristic wisdom, elegance, and insouciant humor in twenty-two luminous stories. A wealth of surprises and contrasts, this collection ranges from the lyricism of "Weather," in which a couple's life is thrown into chaos when the National Association of Meteorologists goes on strike, to the swampy sexuality of "Eros," in which a room in a Parisian hotel on the verge of ruin is the catalyst for passion, to the brave confidence of "A Scarf"-new for this collection-which chronicles the realities of a fledging author's book tour. Playful, graceful, acutely observed, and generous of spirit, these stories will delight her devoted fans and win her new converts as well.
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- Bookseller
- W. Fraser Sandercombe (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 226694
- Title
- DRESSING UP FOR THE CARNIVAL - Stories
- Author
- Shields, Carol
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Printing - First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0679310940
- ISBN 13
- 9780679310945
- Publisher
- Vintage Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- stone diaries; canadian author; governor general's award; pulitzer prize; national book critics circle award; orange prize;
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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