Various Miracles: Stories
The small miracles of our day-to-day lives are on captivating display in this unforgettable collection by Pulitzer Prize winner Carol ShieldsVarious Miracles brings together twenty-one short stories, modern parables that illuminate the mysteries of everyday existence.In the title story, four strangers on a bus are all reading the same book. In Fragility, Ivy's husband reflects on their marriage, the death of their young son, Christopher, and the plane ride that will deliver them to a new life.From The Metaphor is Dead-Pass It On to Home to Others-in which a couple's act of generosity is repaid in annual Christmas cards with no return address-…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4804-5983-0
- EAN: 9781480459830
- Produktnummer: 15389125
- Verlag: Open Road Media
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 226 S.
- Masse: H20.3 cm x B13.3 cm x D1.3 cm 263 g
- Gewicht: 263
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Carol Shields (1935-2003) was born in Oak Park, Illinois. She studied at Hanover College, the University of Exeter in England, and the University of Ottawa. In 1957, she married Donald Shields and moved to Canada permanently. She taught at the University of Ottawa, the University of British Columbia, and the University of Manitoba, and served as chancellor of the University of Winnipeg. She wrote ten novels and three short story collections, in addition to poetry, plays, criticism, and a biography of Jane Austen. Her novel The Stone Diaries won the Pulitzer Prize, the Governor General's Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award; it was also shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Shields was further recognized with a Canada Council Major Award, two Canadian National Magazine Awards, the Canadian Authors Association Award, and countless other prizes and honors.
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