Research Catalog

Title

Collected stories, 1955-2010 / Rudy Wiebe.

Author

Wiebe, Rudy, 1934-

Publication

Edmonton : University of Alberta Press, 2010.

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Details

Description

xxi, 529 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"This authoritative edition contains all fifty of Canadian literary icon Rudy Wiebe's short stories. For over fifty years, Canadian literary legend Rudy Wiebe has been defining and refining prairie literature through his oeuvre of world renowned novels, histories, essays, and short stories. He has introduced generations of readers far and wide to western Canadian Mennonite, aboriginal, and settler culture. Some say he wrote the book on historical prairie fiction. In fact, he's written quite a few. The book included all fifty short stories that Wiebe completed between 1955 and 2010, including one previously unpublished story. This is a must-have book for aficionados of great world literature, fans of prairie fiction, and Wiebe's faithful readers."--pub. desc.

Series Statement

Currents, a Canadian literature series

Uniform Title

Currents (Edmonton, Alta.)

Subject

• Short stories, Canadian
• Canada, Western > Fiction

Genre/Form

Fiction

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 519-526).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

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 -- Dialogue 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 darkness 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 Frankz 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.

ISBN

• 9780888645401
• 0888645406

OCLC

846683177

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library