The Collected Stories

by Carol Shields

Carol Shields wrote 45 published stories in her too-short life (1935-2003), and all of them are collected here, along with "Segue," a chapter from the novel she left unfinished at her death. Stories come from the volumes VARIOUS MIRACLES (1985), the orange fish ( 1989), and DRESSING UP FOR THE CARNIVAL (2000).

Editions of The Collected Stories

ISBN 9780679313267	Binding/Format Book	Publisher Random House Canada	Date 2004	Price $8.23	Used - Very Good
ISBN 9780060762032	Binding/Format Hardcover	Publisher Harpercollins	Date 2005	Price $1.00	Good
ISBN 9780060762049	Binding/Format Paperback	Publisher Harpercollins	Date 2005	Price $1.00	Like New

Publisher Notes

A collection of short works by the late Pulitzer Prize-winning writer features definitive pieces written throughout the course of her career, including the previously unpublished, "Segue," a portrayal of a sonnet writer who faces an unknown darkness. By the author of The Stone Diaries. Reprint.

Media Reviews

"The collection offers a timely reminder of the complexity, subtlety and sheer intelligence of [Shields's] humane vision; such moments are hard-won, reflecting the author's feminist aim to redeem life, light and the unrecorded voice from darkness and death....The stories are not flawless; there are moments of overstated symbolism, whimsy and overdetermined closure. Yet these are imperfections born of the author's formidably ambitious, experimental and questing nature--even a Shields story that doesn't quite come off is rewarding to read."

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