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In this tenth-anniversary edition, the tradition of publishing the best of Canada’s emerging writers continues.
The volatile last days of a crippling relationship are played out against the sensuous, surreal landscape of the Amazon. In a haunting story of survival, a daughter observes her mother’s struggles to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. French expatriates find refuge in each other when they become clandestine lovers in Quebec, amidst the growing political hostilities that will eventually tear them apart. As a black community prepares to relocate from Africville, Nova Scotia, the town’s oldest member is overwhelmed by her memories of life there. In a desperate effort to startle him into awareness of his family’s growing unhappiness, a son plots an end to his father’s string of good luck. When a woman tries to satisfy her lover’s obsession with personal tragedy, the fiction she creates begins to eclipse the truth of her own past. A mother and daughter encounter the glitz of Las Vegas and the fallout of nuclear tests in the 1950s’ Nevada desert when, together, they run away from home.
The winner of the $10,000 Journey Prize for 1998 was John Brooke, for “The Finer Points of Apples.”
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h-anniversary edition, the tradition of publishing the best of Canada s emerging writers continues.
The volatile last days of a crippling relationship are played out against the sensuous, surreal landscape of the Amazon. In a haunting story of survival, a daughter observes her mother s struggles to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. French expatriates find refuge in each other when they become clandestine lovers in Quebec, amidst the growing political hostilities that will eventually tear them apart. As a black community prepares to relocate from Africville, Nova Scotia, the town s oldest member is overwhelmed by her memories of life there. In a desperate effort to startle him into awareness of his family s growing unhappiness, a son plots an end to his father s string of good luck. When a woman tries to satisfy her lover s obsession with personal tragedy, the fiction she creates begins to eclipse the truth of her own past. A mother and da
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THE JOURNEY PRIZE ANTHOLOGY 10
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McClelland and Stewart, Toronto, 1998
ISBN 10: 0771044372
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 209 pp. Trade paperback format. Light rubbing on the corners with a flat uncreased spine; no interior markings. Subtitled: Short Fiction from the Best of Canada's New Writers, this anthology contains: Downwind by Stephen Guppy; The Flowers of Africville by Cheryl Tibbetts; The Finer Points of Apples by John Brooke; Serendipity by Michael Crummy; Eight Day Clock by Liz Moore; Bethlehem by Jean McNeil; The Beatrice of Victoria College by Edward O'Connor; Cruelty by Libby Creelman; Graduation by Jane Eaton Hamilton; Marginals Vivisections and Dreams by Denise Ryan; Simple Recipes by Madeleine Thien; Scars and Other Presesnts by Tim Rogers; The Reason for the Dream by Ian Colford; and You Are You Because Your Little Dog Loves You by Elise Levine. Size: 8vo. Book. Seller Inventory # 228399
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The Journey Prize Anthology: Short Fiction from the Best of Canada's New Writers (Volume 10)
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Softcover. Condition: Fine. First edition. Volume ten only. Fine. Publisher's letter laid in. Short stories by Stephen Guppy, Cheryl Tibbetts, John Brooke, Michael Crummey, Liz Moore, Jean McNeil, Edward O'Connor, Libby Creelman, Jane Eaton Hamilton, Denise Ryan, Madeleine Thien, Tim Rogers, Ian Colford, and Elise Levine. Seller Inventory # 540928
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Condition: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present. Seller Inventory # M00771044372-G
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The Journey Prize Anthology: Short Fiction From The Best of Canada's Young Writers (Signed by Madeleine Thien)
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Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. This copy is signed adjacent to the contents page by Madeleine Thien, next to her short story title - "Simple Recipes" . Simple Recipes, Madeleine Thien's first published collection of short stories, was published in 2001. In fine condition; unread. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 003707