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Eleven stories following a girl called Leah growing up in a dysfunctional family in the suburbs. They bear witness to…
a girl standing on the edge, between girl and woman, between self and self-loathing, in search of love and acceptance. Despite all their failings, Leah and her family continue to have hope that love will triumph. 2001.
From adulterers to murderers, the women portrayed here possess a killer combination of venom and vice. In "The Haunting," a…
mother reinvents herself after her husband's suspicious death. Mysterious late-night phone calls prompt an unhappy young wife to seek vengeance on her volatile mate in "So Help Me God." Explicit descriptions of sex and violence. Contains strong language. 2005.
From a chilly Canadian city to an ancient Icelandic village, these short stories span worlds both mythological and real. In…
one tale, a serpentine demon lover tempts women with his own style of forbidden fruit, while throughout, giants and other strange characters are pitted against a mischievous higher power. 2002.
Short stories, each taking a new slant on the immigrant experience in Ireland. In "Guess Who's Coming to the Dinner",…
a father who prides himself on his open-mindedness is forced to confront his feelings when one of his daughters brings home a black fella. In "57 per cent Irish" Ray Brady tries to devise a test of Irishness by measuring reactions to Robbie Keane's goal against Germany in the 2002 World Cup, Riverdance and "Danny Boy". In "Deportees", Jimmy Rabbitte, the man who formed The Commitments, decides it's time to find a new band, and this time no White Irish need apply. Some descriptions of sex and violence, and strong language. 2007.
Adultery, illegitimacy, misogyny, revenge, murder, despair, bitterness, hatred, and death - usually not the terms associated with L.M. Montgomery. In…
this her last work, Montgomery brought these topics to the forefront, in stories featuring a grown up Anne and her family around the time of the First World War. 2009.
Short stories spanning two continents and half a century. In "Gifts", a struggling family receives a timely Christmas gift from…
a mysterious benefactor, while in "The man with the notebook", a writer discovers, to his horror, that everyone he writes about dies soon after. 2003.
In a series of linked short stories, two Sikh boys, named Adi and Arjun, come of age in an Indian…
army camp in Kashmir. Each story builds upon a minor character from another story, creating a portrait of the border community. Some of the people the boys meet include a boatman's daughter, a captured officer, a celebrity cricket umpire, and Parachute Aunty. Some strong language. 2004.
These nine stories, which are linked in various ways, look at urban life, relationships and, especially, obsessions. The collection closes…
with "Stones", a compelling look at the landing at Dieppe told through the eyes of a boy contemplating his father's ruined life.
A collection of seven stories on the theme of family relationships. It examines the experience of alienation and the conflict…
between generations and cultures. Winner of the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and the City of Vancouver Book Award. Regional Finalist for the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book. Some strong language. 2001.
Four Christmas stories from Jude Deveraux and Judith McNaught. Deveraux's include "Just Curious", where, in the snow-covered hills of Virginia,…
a young widow finds that miracles really do come in the least expected packages. In McNaught's "Double Exposure", a determined young woman photographs a magnificent wedding at a reclusive tycoon's Newport estate, and manages to unlock the secrets of a man's heart. Some descriptions of sex. 2001.
A collection of short stories, including the Journey Prize-winning "Doves of Townsend". In the title story, a man obsessed by…
numbers is asked to apply the cascade of digits in his brain to a critical bet on the ponies. And in "Francisco's watch", a man inherits his father's 1934 Movado wristwatch, a gift that ends up telling a story of loss. Strong language. 2002.
Alice Munro nous emporte avec ses personnages jusqu'aux moments charnières de leurs existences, là où tout peut basculer : une…
mère perd la trace de son enfant, un soldat saute inopinément du train qui le ramène chez lui, une jeune institutrice part enseigner dans un sanatorium reculé, une femme perdue se lie à un inconnu… Le hasard des rencontres, l'étrangeté des actes manqués, les coups funestes du destin, autant de lignes de force que Munro ausculte et nous restitue avec la grâce d'un « Tchekhov de notre temps ». Pour la première fois, elle se confie également sur sa propre vie dans la dernière partie du recueil. Alice Munro est, plus que jamais, l'écrivain de l’âme humaine. 2014.
" Dans ce premier recueil de nouvelles, subtilement construit, magnifiquement écrit, Renaud Jean superpose avec audace deux tonalités, presque deux…
genres. La moitié de ces nouvelles appartient à un monde fantastique, onirique, où des êtres qui nous ressemblent pourtant sont plongés dans une réalité radicalement différente de la nôtre. À linverse, lautre moitié est constituée de scènes réalistes, minutieusement rendues, de la vie montréalaise daujourdhui, mais qui sont hantées par un mystérieux sentiment de distance, dappréhension. Comme si les protagonistes étaient toujours, dune certaine manière, en retrait deux-mêmes, de la Grande Aventure de lexistence. " -- 4e de couv.
The world can be a perilous place. And the seemingly friendly world of Canada’s favourite fictional family is no different.…
Everyone is afraid of something: Dave, for example, is afraid of dolls, germs, and Mary Turlington. Sam, on the other hand, is afraid of bees, UFOs, and “mewpilated” cows. Morley’s fears—public nudity and drop-in visits—are slightly less peculiar. It’s hard to be brave in the face of sewer monsters, deformed fish heads, abandoned car wrecks, and ravenous bears, but in this collection of Vinyl Cafe stories, Dave and the gang pluck up the courage to deal with all kinds of danger, both real and imagined. Bestseller. 2012.
Dans ce premier recueil, des manifestations inattendues d'humour et de tendresse forment un univers fantasque. Écrites dans une prose incisive…
et limpide, les huit nouvelles qui le composent convient le lecteur à une exploration du besoin qu'ont les hommes et les femmes de nouer des liens, aussi ténus soient-ils, et peu importe ce qu'il en coute. 2007. Titre uniforme: Bang crunch.
An avant-garde novel of intertwined narratives concerning the relationship between artists and the world. With a diverse palette of vivid…
characters - from people who wear furry mascot costumes at all times, to a group of "New Filmmakers" that devises increasingly unexpected sexual scenarios with complete strangers, to a secret society that concocts a virus that only infects those on the political right - this book is about the visual arts, theatre, and performance of all types. 2014.
Urban stories with a strong contemporary feel, recording incidents in the lives of twenty-somethings - students, techies in an office…
building, a girl toiling in the warehouse of a wholesale fruit and vegetable distributor, a boy who hustles for drug money, waitresses. These are constricted and often random lives and Rosenblum's vision mercilessly portrays their shapelessness. Strong language, some descriptions of violence, and some descriptions of sex. c2008.
La vie a tout offert à l'écrivain Balthazar Balsan et rien à Odette Toulemonde. Pourtant, c'est elle qui est heureuse.…
Lui pas. Leur rencontre fortuite va bouleverser leur existence. Huit récits, huit femmes, huit histoires d'amour. De la petite vendeuse à la milliardaire implacable, de la trentenaire désabusée à une mystérieuse princesse aux pieds nus en passant par des maris ambigus, des amants lâches et des mères en mal de filles, c'est une galerie de personnages inoubliables qu'Eric- Emmanuel Schmitt poursuit avec tendresse dans leur quête du bonheur.
A collection of the best stories from Thistldown's second national competition for young adult short stories. The winning story, "How…
to tell Renata," was written by Linda Holeman of Winnipeg. 1995.