Island: the complete stories
Sixteen stories set against the backdrop of Cape Breton Island explore family relationships, the importance of tradition, legend, the significance and beauty of the surrounding landscape, superstition, and memory.
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- Full title :Island : the complete stories / Alistair MacLeod.
Summary
Sixteen stories set against the backdrop of Cape Breton Island explore family relationships, the importance of tradition, legend, the significance and beauty of the surrounding landscape, superstition, and memory.
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- Publication Date:2011, ©2000.
- Edition:Norton paperback ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):W.W. Norton
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2011, ©2000.
Notes
"Originally published in Canada under the title Island : the collected short stories of Alistair MacLeod."--Title page verso.
The Physical Object
- Description:v, 434 pages ; : 21 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0393341186, 9780393341188
- oclc:ocn746134201
- LC Classification:PR9199.3.M3342
- Dewey Decimal:813.6
Table of Contents
The boat (1968) -- The vastness of the dark (1971) -- The golden gift of grey (1971) -- The return (1971) -- In the fall (1973) -- The lost salt gift of blood (1974) -- The road to Rankin's Point (1976) -- The closing down of summer (1976) -- To every thing there is a season (1977) -- Second spring (1980) -- Winter dog (1981) -- The tuning of perfection (1984) -- As birds bring forth the sun (1985) -- Vision (1986) -- Island (1988) -- Clearances (1999).
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