Great stories from the Prairies / edited by Birk Sproxton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sproxton, Birk.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Short stories, Canadian (English)--Prairie Provinces.

Short stories, Canadian (English).

Canadian fiction--20th century.

Canadian fiction.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

316 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Calgary : Red Deer Press, 2000.

Summary:

From Frederick Phillip Grove's classic "Snow" to the contemporary delights of Carol Shields' "Mrs. Turner Cutting the Grass, " prairie writing forms a literary landscape as abundant as the ranchlands, farm fields, forests and cityscapes it portrays. Great Stories from the Prairies celebrates that richness. Here you will find traditional images of swirling wind, dust and snow set in vast expanses of land and sky. Nestled against these is the elaborate circuitry of city life. From rural to urban, classic to modern, native to immigrant, Great Stories from the Prairies creates a mosaic of that most influential literary character -- the magnificently diverse prairie landscape.

ISBN:

088995223X

OCLC:

45002962