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Standing On Richards
by Bowering, George
- Used
- Good
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670044547
- ISBN 13
- 9780670044542
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Good. Good Ships From Canada 211 p Audience: General/trade Book Description: There is remarkable magic and daring in these fifteen stories stories set in Vancouver, New York City, and San Francisco Playful and intriguing Bowering's fictions immediately seduce readers with their humour, narrative power, and humanity Filled with oddball characters, Bowering's mini-narratives explore the awe and mystery of human relationships In the title story "'"Standing on Richards, "'" a disillusioned English professor ensconces himself on a corner of Richards Street in downtown Vancouver There, amongst women selling their bodies, he tries to look intellectually seductive in the hopes of selling his mind In "'"Old Bottles, "'" a woman recounts how her neighbour cut down his lilac hedge only to replace it with a fence made of empty wine bottles She thinks the man is crazy, but nonetheless finds his bottle fence strangely appealing In another story, entitled simply "'"A Short Story, "'" Bowering openly
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- Bookseller
- Pine Tree Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9384320535
- Title
- Standing On Richards
- Author
- Bowering, George
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670044547
- ISBN 13
- 9780670044542
- Publisher
- Viking Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- This edition first published
- 2004
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