six@sixty

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Publication Year:
2014

ISBN-13: 9780864927934

<p>To mark Goose Lane Editions&#39;s 60th anniversary, the editors at Goose Lane selected six tiny perfect stories for your reading pleasure. Authored by some of Canada&#39;s finest writers, they come from the sweep of Goose Lane&#39;s publishing history. Each story is part of this collection or they may be purchased individually in eBook singles. Here&#39;s what you can expect to find in this sexagenarian sextet:</p> <p>ALDEN NOWLAN&#39;s &#34;A Boy&#39;s Life of Napoleon,&#34; a brilliant piece of short fiction adapted from Nowlan&#39;s first novel, <i>The Wanton Troopers</i>, written in 1960, but published posthumously in 1988.</p> <p>The beguiling &#34;Woman Gored by Bison Lives&#34; from DOUGLAS GLOVER&#39;s 1991 GG-nominated story collection, <i>A Guide to Animal Behaviour.</i></p> <p>Giller Prize-winner LYNN COADY&#39;s unforgettable Christmas story &#34;The Three Marys,&#34; adapted from her award-winning debut novel, <i>Strange Heaven</i>, published in 1993.</p> <p>Commonwealth Prize winner SHAUNA SINGH BALDWIN&#39;s glittering story &#34;Simran&#34; from her 1996 debut collection, <i>English Lessons and Other Stories</i>.</p> <p>KATHRYN KUITENBROUWER&#39;s haunting &#34;What Had Become of Us,&#34; from her 2003 debut book of short fiction, <i>Way Up</i>.</p> <p>The extraordinary &#34;Knife Party&#34; from <i>Knife Party at the Hotel Europa</i> by MARK ANTHONY JARMAN, published in the spring of 2015.</p>