Tales from the uncertain country and other stories

Ferron, Jacques.

Book 2010

Forty-one sparkling classics of Quebec fiction In these fantastic tall tales a bull turns into a lawyer, a lonely Alberta cow's ghost longs for Quebec, and Ulysses comes back to Ithaca Corner, Ontario. Jacques Ferron writes metaphysical fables, political satire, portraits of men and women in all walks of life, and wry comedies, with great originality and a profound sympathy for the human condition. These forty-one sparkling classics are among th...

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New Canadian library

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ISBN:

9780771094040
0771094043

Description:

xi, 273 pages ; 20 cm

Other Title:

Tales. English

Notes:

Translation of selections from: Contes du pays incertain, Contes anglais et autres and Contes inédits
Canada Cross-country Bookshelf, 2011

Contents:

Tales from the Uncertain Country
Back to Val-D'Or
Servitude
Cadieu
How the Old Man Died
Melie and the Bull
Les Mechins
Tiresome Company
Archangel of the Suburb
Bridge
Parrot
Child
Landscape Painter
Provinces
La Mi-Careme
Summer Lethe
Grey Dog
Dead Cow in the Canyon
English Tales
Ulysses
Sirens
Buddhist
Animal Husbandry
Woman Next Door
Flood
Parakeet
Wedding Bouquet
Martine
Martine Continued
Armageddon
Wool Nightshirt and the Horsehair Tunic
Little William
Old Heathen
Back to Kentucky
Sea-Lion
Jailer's Son
Black Cargo Ships of War
Little Red Riding Hood
Pigeon and the Parakeet
Rope and the Heifer
Lady from Ferme-Neuve
Other Stories
Chronicle of Anse Saint-Roch
Witch and the Barleycorn

Control Number:

3145784

Other Authors:

Bednarski, Betty, 1943-

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