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Understanding Heaven

by (author) Stephen Guppy

Publisher
Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd.
Initial publish date
Jan 2002
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780919897793
    Publish Date
    Jan 2002
    List Price
    $15.00

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Where to buy it

Out of print

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Description

"A chronicle in sharp metaphors of the passage from birth to death..." Karen Mulhallen

About the author

Poet and short story writer Stephen Guppy lives on Vancouver Island. He is the author of "Another Sad Day at the Edge of the Empire" and the poetry collections "Understanding Heaven", which was shortlisted for the BC Book Prize/Dorothy Livesay Award for Poetry, and "Blind Date With The Angel: The Diane Arbus Poems". A new short story collection entitled "The Work of Mercy" is also forthcoming from Thomas Allen Publishers, containing the story "Downwind", which was shortlisted for The Journey Prize. "The Fire Thief" is his first novel.

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