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Fiction Short Stories (single Author)

Ice in Dark Water

by (author) David Manicom

Publisher
Vehicule Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1998
Category
Short Stories (single author)
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550650907
    Publish Date
    Jan 1998
    List Price
    $14.95

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Description

David Manicom's eloquent debut collection. Stories of loss and yearning and multi-generational family ties which reflect the author's deep roots in rural Ontario, and the title story, "Ice in Dark Water"?the startling tale of the last surviving nun in a Montreal convent.

About the author

David Manicom is the award-winning author of seven books. Progeny Of Ghosts: Travels in Russia and the Old Empire was the Quebec Writer’s Federation’s non-fiction book of the year and was shortlisted for the national Writer’s Trust Viacom award for non-fiction. His most recent poetry collection, The Burning Eaves, was short-listed for the 2004 Governor General's Award for poetry. In 2005, he published his first novel, The School at Chartres (Oolichan Books). He has published fiction, poetry, non-fiction and journalism ranging from book reviews to political commentary. A Canadian Foreign Service Officer, he has worked in Moscow, Islamabad, and Beijing, and currently works in Geneva.

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