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008 100401s2005 nyu 000 1 eng
010 _a2004053342
020 _a9780060762032
050 0 0 _aPR9199.3.S514
_bA6 2005
082 0 0 _aFIC SHI
100 1 _aShields, Carol
245 1 0 _aCollected stories
_c/ Carol Shields
250 _a1st ed
260 _aNew York
_b: Fourth Estate
_c, 2005.
300 _axvii, 593 p.
_c; 24 cm.
500 _a"First published by Random House Canada in 2004"--T.p. verso.
520 _aFor the first time, all of Carol Shields's remarkable short stories are gathered together in one volume. This definitive anthology contains the previously unpublished story "Segue," her last work. In these stories Carol Shields combines the dazzling virtuosity and wise maturity that won so many readers to her prize-winning novels. With her exquisite eye for detail and her eagerness to explore the most fundamental of relationships and the wildest of coincidences, she illuminates the absurdities and miracles that grace all of our lives. Playful, charming, acutely observed, and generous of spirit, this collection of stories will delight and enchant readers the world over.
651 0 _aCanada
_x--Social life and customs
_z--Fiction
655 7 _aShort stories
942 _cMO
999 _c249121
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