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Fiction Short Stories (single Author)

The Lady Who Sold Furniture

by (author) John Metcalf

Publisher
ECW Press
Initial publish date
Jun 1971
Category
Short Stories (single author)
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780920802090
    Publish Date
    Jun 1971
    List Price
    $20.00

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Description

Concerned with the shifting notions of identity as they are grasped by children, adolescents, and young men, this collection includes such poised and witty tales as “Early Morning Rabbits,” “Keys and Watercress,” and the title novella. Variety and reality is heightened by the author's deft handling of language and by the subtle texturing in every story in the collection.

About the author

John Metcalf is one of Canada's most distinguished literary editors, writers, critics, and anthologists. He has helped shape the sensibility of an entire group of emerging writers through his work at the Porcupine's Quill press. Known for his strong views about literary standards, Metcalf has nurtured some of our most essential writers, including Leon Rooke, Russel Smith, Terry Griggs, Caroline Adderson, Annabel Lyon, Andrew Pyper, Steven Heighton, Jane Urquhart, Elise Levine, Clarke Blaise, Michael Winter, and Mary Swan, among dozens of other fine authors.John Metcalf is the Senior Editor of Porcupine's Quill. An accomplished writer, editor, and anthologist, he is the author of more than a dozen works of fiction and non-fiction including "Adult Entertainment, The Lady Who Sold Furniture", and "Kicking Against the Pricks: Essays".

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