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Dressing Up for the Carnival by  Carol Shields - Used Book - Hardcover - 2000 - from Seashellbooks.com, Inc. and Biblio.com
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This volume of Carol Shields' short stories includes "Absence," in which a writer must function even though a crucial typewriter key is missing, and "The Scarf," about another writer who goes shopping for a particularly beautiful scarf for her daughter.


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"[A] marvelous collection....Shields loves exploring the workings of narrative, the character of language...."

Dressing Up for the Carnival

by Shields, Carol

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Book description: Viking Adult. Hardcover. 0670889210 A former library book with the usual identifiers in a protective glossy dust jacket covering. Dust Jacket has some edgewear present. 2000 Viking Adult Hard Cover . Very Good. 2000.

  • Bookseller: Seashellbooks.com, Inc. US (US)
  • Bookseller Inventory #: 32D21A1877734
  • Format/binding: Hardcover
  • Book condition: Very Good
  • Quantity available: 1
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • ISBN 10: 0670889210
  • ISBN 13: 9780670889211
  • Publisher: Viking Adult
  • Date published: 2000
  • Pages: 210
  • Size: 5.75 x 8.75 x 1 inches
  • Weight: 0.85 pounds

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