Dressing Up for the Carnival: Stories (Signed Bookplate)
by Shields, Carol
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0679310215
- ISBN 13
- 9780679310211
- Seller
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Oakville, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Synopsis
In Dressing Up for the Carnival , Carol Shields distills her characteristic wisdom, elegance, and insouciant humor in twenty-two luminous stories. A wealth of surprises and contrasts, this collection ranges from the lyricism of "Weather," in which a couple's life is thrown into chaos when the National Association of Meteorologists goes on strike, to the swampy sexuality of "Eros," in which a room in a Parisian hotel on the verge of ruin is the catalyst for passion, to the brave confidence of "A Scarf"-new for this collection-which chronicles the realities of a fledging author's book tour. Playful, graceful, acutely observed, and generous of spirit, these stories will delight her devoted fans and win her new converts as well.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Poet’s Pulpit (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000859
- Title
- Dressing Up for the Carnival: Stories (Signed Bookplate)
- Author
- Shields, Carol
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0679310215
- ISBN 13
- 9780679310211
- Publisher
- Random House Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 2000
- Keywords
- Short Stories (single author)
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