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As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Storiesby MacLeod, Alistair; Urquhart, Jane
Book desription: New Canadian Library. Near Fine with no dust jacket 1992. Mass Market Paperback. New Canadian Library Series; 0.4 x 6.8 x 4.2 Inches; 176 pages; The superbly crafted stories collected in Alistair MacLeods <i>As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Stories</i> depict men and women acting out their own peculiar mortality against the haunting landscape of Cape Breton Island. In a voice at once elegiac and life-affirming, MacLeod describes a vital present inhabited by the unquiet spirits of a Highland past, invoking memory and myth to celebrate the continuity of the generations even in the midst of unremitting change.<br><br>His second collection, <i>As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Stories</i> confirms MacLeods international reputation as a storyteller of rare talent and inspiration. <br> .
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