Fables of Brunswick Avenue
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Price:
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$18.95
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On Sale:
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04/08/2005
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Formats:
Trade PB
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"Everyone lives on Brunswick Avenue sooner or
later." So begins Fables of Brunswick Avenue,
Katherine Govier’s first collection of short stories, which found her an
audience that has expanded with each subsequent book.
The 16 stories in this collection capture turning points in the
lives of characters who have migrated to the city, and ended up—as everyone
inevitably does—on Brunswick Avenue. A restaurateur in "The Garden"
collects look-alike waitresses but discovers that, as one, they resist his
advances. In "Responding to Pain," a woman rescues a suicidal friend,
only to realize that she is angry enough to kill her. And in "Brunswick
Avenue," a writer comes to understand that her neighbourhood is
provisional, and in its draft stages, like her life. Infused with Govier’s
magical ability to conjure time and place, Fables of Brunswick Avenue is
about starting out, and starting over.
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Author Extras
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Critical Praise for
Fables of Brunswick Avenue
"She has applied beauty of writing and perspicacity to produce an excellent collection of stories."
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The Globe and Mail
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Three Views of Crystal Water
Listen as author Katherine Govier discusses the history and context behind the writing of Three Views of Crystal Water in this series of exclusive videos . In this lucid and exotic tale, Katherine Govier delves into the 19th-century pearl rush. Greed for the unearthly luster drove sea-farers to...
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Three Views of Crystal Water
Vera Lowinger Drew is the last of a pearling dynasty. When she is left motherless, her only refuge is in Japan with her grandfather’s young mistress, among the legendary ama women divers. With their age-old strength to guide her, Vera comes into her own—until World War II turns her...
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