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Three Days
Russell Wangersky
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House of Anansi Press Inc
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Watermark
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Publication Year:
2013
2013
ISBN-13:
9781770894730
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<p>A new short story from 2012 Scotiabank-Giller Prize finalist Russell Wangersky.</p>
<p>In his first published short story since his critically acclaimed collection, <em>Whirl Away</em>, Russell Wangersky returns with a story about a lonely, ill old man, who is living alone in his house. Sick in bed for three days, Arthur Simmons ponders life, living and the sometimes difficult relationships he has with family members. The last of his generation, Simmons is both stubborn and desperate -- a quietly explosive mix.</p> <p>Russell Wangersky is critically acclaimed writer whose most recent short story collection, <em>Whirl Away</em>, was a finalist for the Scotiabank-Giller Prize. He has also won the British Columbia National Award for Non-Fiction (<em>Burning Down the House: Fighting Fires and Losing Myself)</em>), the BMO Winterset Award (<em>The Glass Harmonica</em>) and has been nominated for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (<em>The Hour of Bad Decisions</em>). He is a newspaper editor and columnist based in St. John's, Newfoundland.</p>
<p>In his first published short story since his critically acclaimed collection, <em>Whirl Away</em>, Russell Wangersky returns with a story about a lonely, ill old man, who is living alone in his house. Sick in bed for three days, Arthur Simmons ponders life, living and the sometimes difficult relationships he has with family members. The last of his generation, Simmons is both stubborn and desperate -- a quietly explosive mix.</p> <p>Russell Wangersky is critically acclaimed writer whose most recent short story collection, <em>Whirl Away</em>, was a finalist for the Scotiabank-Giller Prize. He has also won the British Columbia National Award for Non-Fiction (<em>Burning Down the House: Fighting Fires and Losing Myself)</em>), the BMO Winterset Award (<em>The Glass Harmonica</em>) and has been nominated for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (<em>The Hour of Bad Decisions</em>). He is a newspaper editor and columnist based in St. John's, Newfoundland.</p>
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