For more than fifty years, Rudy Wiebe has been defining and refining prairie literature through his oeuvre of world renowned novels, histories, essays, and short stories. The University of Alberta Press is proud to publish the fifty short stories that Wiebe completed between 1955 and 2010, including one previously unpublished story. This is a must-have book for Wiebe's faithful readers.
Record details
ISBN:9780888645401 (trade pbk.)
ISBN:0888645406
Physical Description:print xxi, 529 p. ; 23 cm.
Edition:1st ed.
Publisher:Edmonton : University of Alberta Press, c2010.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 519-523).
Formatted Contents Note:
Broken arm -- Where is the voice coming from? -- Watch for two coyotes, crossing -- Along the Red Deer and the South Saskatchewan -- The year we gave away the land -- From Montreal, 1848 -- Games for Queen Victoria -- A night in Fort Pitt, or (if you prefer) the only perfect Communists in the world -- The fish caught in the Battle River -- Oolulik -- Dialgue at an exibition -- The naming of Albert Johnson -- After thirty years of marriage -- Sailing to Danzig -- All on their knees -- The power -- Tudor king -- Scrapbook -- The house smashers -- Lake Isle of Innisfree -- They just won't believe -- Growing up in Rosebud -- THe darknes inside the mountain -- Speaking Saskatchewan -- Chinook Christmas -- The angel of the tar sands -- Seeeing is believing -- Millstone for the sun's day -- Did Jesus ever laugh? -- Believing is not seeing -- Life story -- Crash -- Urn burial -- A history of the new world -- Bluecoats on the sacred hill of the wild peas -- In the ear of the beholder -- The Blindman River contradictions -- Shadow of a rock -- The shells of the ocean -- An indication of burning -- The good maker -- There's a muddy road -- Sleeping (uneasily) with Franz Kafka -- Home for night -- Except God, who already knows -- Bears, all the time bears -- Someday soon, before tomorrow -- The funny money of 1980 -- The oil capitals of Canada -- Finally, the frozen ocean.
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