John Metcalf

Broschiertes Buch

Medals and Prizes

Beschreibung

â John Metcalf has written some of the very best stories ever published in Canada. He comes as close to the baffling, painful comedy of human experience as a writer can get.â Alice Munro

Produktdetails

• Verlag: And Other Stories
• Seitenzahl: 350
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 130mm x 197mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 399g
• ISBN-13: 9781911508960
• ISBN-10: 1911508962
• Artikelnr.: 59647560

Rezensionen

Generous, hectoring, huge, and remarkable.' Washington Post 'Hilarious, touching and delightful . . . brilliant concision and understated humor.' Los Angeles Times'One of Canada's best kept literary secrets.' Harper's Magazine'An abiding reputation as one of the finest prose stylists in contemporary Canada . . . The collections of his short stories are often regarded as his best work.' The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Literature in English 'In the novella 'Medals and Prizes' Robert Forde first appears in 1950s England at age 14 as he shares with his best friend a love of words, art, and jazz records [...] In the short story 'Ceazer Salad', Forde walks about Ottawa and rails at misused apostrophes and other abominations after his latest book is panned. Metcalf, a highly regarded Canadian writer born in 1938 whose life resembles Forde's, also brings to mind variously Wodehouse, Waugh, Kingsley Amis, and Kyril Bonfiglioli. This is a book that could restore anyone's faith inthe pleasure of reading.' Kirkus Reviews, starred review