Any Time at All and Other StoriesMcClelland & Stewart, 1993 - 219 pages In the extraordinary stories of this collection, random events interrupt seemingly quiet lives, forcing people to accept consequences and make choices. Whether exploring the complexity of female sexuality or the horror of urban violence, Marshall' s fiction is always a passionate engagement with contemporary life. This original New Canadian Library collection brings together 12 of Marshall' s best stories, including two stories here published for the first time. |
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... remember even one who lasted a whole sum- mer . We liked the maids , who had fascinating lives and dis- cussed them with us . ) My mother couldn't understand , she kept saying with one of the sideways looks that seemed to discover us ...
... remember even one who lasted a whole sum- mer . We liked the maids , who had fascinating lives and dis- cussed them with us . ) My mother couldn't understand , she kept saying with one of the sideways looks that seemed to discover us ...
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... remember seeing a smile on that usually partly - hidden face . And she hadn't any friends . She drove about or sat ... remember the quick , plunging , it seemed to me insect movements of the tennis - players , the pinging of the balls in ...
... remember seeing a smile on that usually partly - hidden face . And she hadn't any friends . She drove about or sat ... remember the quick , plunging , it seemed to me insect movements of the tennis - players , the pinging of the balls in ...
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... remember the last hours and minutes of peace , that I'd need this memory later in the darkness . But there'd been too many crises ; I couldn't force myself to make or note down ges- tures . Nothing much happened , in any event . No ...
... remember the last hours and minutes of peace , that I'd need this memory later in the darkness . But there'd been too many crises ; I couldn't force myself to make or note down ges- tures . Nothing much happened , in any event . No ...
Table des matières
The Little White Girl | 11 |
The Accident | 23 |
The Heights | 34 |
Droits d'auteur | |
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