StonesRandom House Publishing Group, 1 janv. 1990 - 238 pages A brilliant collection of nine short stories that explores the realities of contemporary relationships, offers imaginative visions of urban life, and examines the divisive and destructive acts played out on the personal battlegrounds of family life Winner of the 1988 Edgar Award for Best Paperback Mystery for The Telling of Lies, Timothy Findley has written novels (The Wars, Famous Last Words, and Not Wanted on the Voyage) much celebrated for their weighty and ambitious themes. In Stones, Findley exposes the sharp changes in the traditional institutions of love, marriage, and family through a vivid terrain of images and insightful stories. Reflecting our changing times with stunning clarity, the tales reveal the menacing and enigmatic aspects of our daily lives. |
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... tell you - Bud is six feet five- so I had a right to be scared , not just because of the broken bottle . I stood up and I didn't even say hello . Bud sort of swore . I won't tell you what he said – but he stood there swearing the whole ...
... tell you - Bud is six feet five- so I had a right to be scared , not just because of the broken bottle . I stood up and I didn't even say hello . Bud sort of swore . I won't tell you what he said – but he stood there swearing the whole ...
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... tell him - every visit that our mother has been ill and cannot come , just now , to see him . And then I have to tell him every visit - that our father is dead and Bud is not surprised , but merely curious that his father could die and ...
... tell him - every visit that our mother has been ill and cannot come , just now , to see him . And then I have to tell him every visit - that our father is dead and Bud is not surprised , but merely curious that his father could die and ...
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... tell you that ? " She knew very well she hadn't . My father blinked at the meagre cuts of rationed meat displayed beyond the glass and said : " what happened to Oskar , Lily ? Tell me . " And so , she had to tell him , like it or not ...
... tell you that ? " She knew very well she hadn't . My father blinked at the meagre cuts of rationed meat displayed beyond the glass and said : " what happened to Oskar , Lily ? Tell me . " And so , she had to tell him , like it or not ...
Table des matières
Bragg and Minna | 1 |
A Gift of Mercy | 27 |
Foxes | 59 |
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afternoon Almeda bathroom beneath Bloor Street bottle Bragg Brian Bassett brother Bubastis Bud's called Charlie Walker child cigarette Collier Street corner Côtes-du-Rhône crazy Cynthia David dead Dieppe Doctor Menlo door dreams dress drink Everett Menlo everything eyes face father fingers gave glass Globe and Mail goddamned gone hands heard hour Janis Joplin Katie Katie's Kenneth Albright knew Libby Doyle light lived living-room looked mask Mimi Mimi's Minna Joyce Mister Almeyer Morris Glendenning Morrison never night once Queen Street Mental Queen Street West Rita Rosedale Roy Thomson Hall Royal Ontario Museum Scott Fitzgerald seemed seen shouted silence sitting sky bolt sleep smell smiled someone stared Stella stood Street Mental Health streetcar telephone tell thing thought TIMOTHY FINDLEY told took turned voice waiting walked wanted watched window yelled Yonge Street
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