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A Trio of Tolerable Tales
Three hilarious Margaret Atwood tales, together in a chapter book for the first time!
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The Guy, the Girl, the Artist and His Ex
The Guy is planning a house party. The Girl is adjusting to life in a new country. The Artist and his Ex are trying to make ends meet for their baby.
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I wanted to beg my father to let us have punch, something with a little alcohol in it, and he would pretend to be scandalized (as if he didn’t know that everyone drank) but finally give in and then insist on making it himself because nobody could possibly make punch like he could.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd I wanted every moment, every second of the party, to be vivid and alive and for it to go past midnight when my friends would help me clean up and then Dad would drive them home and after I would lie in bed, absolutely unable to sleep, smiling about something I said, or somebody else said, or how that drink got spilled and people bent to clean it up and how grown up everyone acted and how full my heart was, not with being scared as it had been for weeks now but with a most wonderful, wonderful feeling.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"[A] clever and funny experiment in storytelling","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Quill and Quire","OtherText_Review_1":"Charming, funny, and sad.","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"The National Post","OtherText_Review_2":"Inspired by a trove of found photographs, this new collection of short fiction by the Toronto author embarks on flights of fancy both marvellous and macabre.","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Readers Digest Canada","OtherText_Review_3":"Fagan's clever and wide-ranging stories put the act of imagining front and center.","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Kirkus Reviews","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Stirred by a series of found photographs, critically acclaimed author Cary Fagan brilliantly imagines the lost stories behind them.","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2017-03-18","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"Stirred by a series of found photographs, critically acclaimed author Cary Fagan brilliantly imagines the lost stories behind them.","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
The Old World and Other Stories
Stirred by a series of found photographs, critically acclaimed author Cary Fagan brilliantly imagines the lost stories behind them.
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The Longest Year
Daniel Grenier’s novel, perfect for fans of “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, tells the story of a boy who ages only one out of every four years.
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Uncle Holland
From the international best-selling author of Sidewalk Flowers, a picture book about crime, punishment…and art.
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Xiphoid Process
Award-winning Kevin Connolly’s new collection extends its author’s investigation of identity, authority, intention, and authenticity.
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{"id":6814263050299,"title":"The Corpses of the Future","handle":"the-corpses-of-the-future","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn her first poetry collection in more than a decade, celebrated novelist and poet Lynn Crosbie creates a sustained and confessional record of her father’s illness.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Corpses of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e is a sustained, confessional new collection of poems by Lynn Crosbie. It tells the story of her father’s battle with frontotemporal dementia and blindness following a stroke. The poems chronologically recount the poet’s conversations and time with her father and capture his still-astonishing means of communicating. The book’s title is his sardonic remark. Crosbie considers dementia to be a symbolic language, and as such similar to poetry. The author’s attempts to understand her father’s distress, pain, fear, and brave love are assisted by her understanding of the “negative capability” required of readers of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a harrowing book, with moments of joy and even levity. It is a collection of poetry about love, and love’s persistence, even under the most unspeakable circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2022-03-24T09:40:40-04:00","created_at":"2022-03-23T13:27:46-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Poetry","By (author) Crosbie Lynn","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2017-04-08"],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":40206695104571,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487000905","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"The Corpses of the Future - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":1995,"weight":260,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487000905","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_2e38a65d-cdc8-411b-8039-37a235e1b13c.jpg?v=1678601472"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_2e38a65d-cdc8-411b-8039-37a235e1b13c.jpg?v=1678601472","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":23324561506363,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.75,"height":2400,"width":1800,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_2e38a65d-cdc8-411b-8039-37a235e1b13c.jpg?v=1678601472"},"aspect_ratio":0.75,"height":2400,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/products\/BNCImageAPI_2e38a65d-cdc8-411b-8039-37a235e1b13c.jpg?v=1678601472","width":1800}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn her first poetry collection in more than a decade, celebrated novelist and poet Lynn Crosbie creates a sustained and confessional record of her father’s illness.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Corpses of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e is a sustained, confessional new collection of poems by Lynn Crosbie. It tells the story of her father’s battle with frontotemporal dementia and blindness following a stroke. The poems chronologically recount the poet’s conversations and time with her father and capture his still-astonishing means of communicating. The book’s title is his sardonic remark. Crosbie considers dementia to be a symbolic language, and as such similar to poetry. The author’s attempts to understand her father’s distress, pain, fear, and brave love are assisted by her understanding of the “negative capability” required of readers of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a harrowing book, with moments of joy and even levity. It is a collection of poetry about love, and love’s persistence, even under the most unspeakable circumstances.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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The Corpses of the Future
A powerful collection of poems by Lynn Crosbie that tells the story of her father’s battle with frontotemporal dementia and blindness, following a stroke.
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Is there someone out there for everyone? Two lonely souls find each other in this unusual tale of friendship and belonging from Cary Fagan.
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A classic work of Canadian nature and wildlife — updated and reissued with a new design and afterword by the author.
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And freedom of expression protects our right to do all of that.\u003c\/p\u003e","EAN":"9781487003524","Height":"11","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Ambrosia","MetaKeywords":"canada 150; famous canadians; canadian biographies; andre de grasse; katherena vermette; edward burtynsky; yann martel; scotty sussman; coffee table books; gift book; canada day; humans of new york brandon stanton; olympics; beautiful books; available in french; cottage core; cottagecore; modern canadian history; colour photographs; foreward; glossary; in the company of women grace bonney; dancers among us jordan matter","NumberOfPages":"400","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThis is a beautifully designed art\/coffee table book that will appeal to a wide audience, including those interested in the particular people being highlighted (Andre De Grasse, Rita Cobb, Scotty Sussman and Edward Burtynsky), to those just interested in it's stunning design and images.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eIt will feature an introduction written by Yann Martel.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eIt features illustrations done by Frank Viva, whose previous work has won him over 300 awards. His illustrations have appeared in \u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEsquire\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e, and on the cover of the \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eInterior photos are by Joanne Ratajczak whose work has appeared in the \u003cem\u003eWalrus\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eToronto Life\u003c\/em\u003e. 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ages 5
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Me and You and the Red Canoe
A gorgeously illustrated, lyrical story about experiencing the wonders of the natural world.
