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Yet in contrast to the stature and popularity of the genre and the writers who partake in it, surprisingly little literary criticism has been devoted to the canadian short story. This anthology is in many was a best of the best, containing gems from thirtyfour of britains outstanding contempora. Canadian short stories we will read canadian short fiction, focusing on both the social contexts of our courses short stories and on how the stories themselves are constructed. In an igloo way down at the south pole a penguin named peter sat on a rock happily crunching an ice cube. The penguin book of canadian short stories urquhart, jane on. The penguin book of caribbean short stories seems to have a few missions in mind, but mainly, it strives to showcase caribbean authors and honor the short story form. Books under subject heading short stories, canadian. Boek the penguin book of dutch short stories letterenfonds. Stonehouse is nestled in the alternately dusty and snowy canadian prairies.
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