“Carried Away” Alice Munro

2014-03-31T15:57:28-04:00

Could be that "Carried Away" is my favourite Alice Munro story. 1994; Penguin, 1999 Not only because Louisa is a librarian. (But that certainly helps.) "The Librarian’s desk was in the archway between the front and back rooms. The books were on shelves set in rows in the

“Carried Away” Alice Munro2014-03-31T15:57:28-04:00

Lydia Perović’s Incidental Music (2012)

2020-10-22T12:23:11-04:00

Romola sang soprano, but perhaps an opera singer's life after she has retired is, by definition, incidental music. Or, perhaps the fragments of memory that swell and break for a 70-something woman living with dementia are incidental music. Or, the lost love she half-recalls? Maybe that is incidental. Inanna

Lydia Perović’s Incidental Music (2012)2020-10-22T12:23:11-04:00

“Five Points” Alice Munro

2014-07-11T17:17:37-04:00

As with "Friend of My Youth", the bulk of "Five Points" concerns a story told by one of the characters, Neil, who is speaking of events from his past, when he was a boy in British Columbia. 1990; Penguin, 1991 In both stories, the story rooted in Neil's

“Five Points” Alice Munro2014-07-11T17:17:37-04:00

Teddy Wayne’s The Love Song of Jonny Valentine (2013)

2014-03-20T20:16:44-04:00

When we meet Jonny, he can't sleep; he turns on the light to play The Secret Land of Zenon. Simon & Schuster, 2013 In this first sentence of Teddy Wayne's novel, Jonny might be any eleven-year-old boy. But even while listening to the background music for Zenon, Jonny

Teddy Wayne’s The Love Song of Jonny Valentine (2013)2014-03-20T20:16:44-04:00

Gerry Fostaty’s As You Were (2011)

2014-03-20T19:54:41-04:00

It's the summer of 1974, twenty-five kilometres north of Quebec City, and eighteen-year-old Gerry Fostaty is on a cadet training assignment. Goose Lane Editions, 2011 A cadet training assignment on a Canadian Forces base? I know nothing of this world, beyond what I've gleaned from "Private Benjamin", "An

Gerry Fostaty’s As You Were (2011)2014-03-20T19:54:41-04:00
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