As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Stories

As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Stories
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Publisher : New Canadian Library
Total Pages : 178
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ISBN-10 : 9781551995458
ISBN-13 : 155199545X
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Book Synopsis As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Stories by : Alistair MacLeod

Download or read book As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Stories written by Alistair MacLeod and published by New Canadian Library. This book was released on 2010-12-10 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The superbly crafted stories collected in Alistair MacLeod’s As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Stories depict men and women acting out their “own peculiar mortality” against the haunting landscape of Cape Breton Island. In a voice at once elegiac and life-affirming, MacLeod describes a vital present inhabited by the unquiet spirits of a Highland past, invoking memory and myth to celebrate the continuity of the generations even in the midst of unremitting change. His second collection, As Birds Bring Forth the Sun and Other Stories confirms MacLeod’s international reputation as a storyteller of rare talent and inspiration.


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