Author : Katherine Govier
Publisher : HarperCollins Canada
ISBN 13 : 1554689643
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (546 download)
Book Synopsis Fables Of Brunswick Avenue by : Katherine Govier
Download or read book Fables Of Brunswick Avenue written by Katherine Govier and published by HarperCollins Canada. This book was released on 2010-06-01 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Everyone lives on Brunswick Avenue sooner or later." So begins Fables of Brunswick Avenue, Katherine Govier’s first collection of short stories, which found her an audience that has expanded with each subsequent book. The 16 stories in this collection capture turning points in the lives of characters who have migrated to the city, and ended up -- as everyone inevitably does -- on Brunswick Avenue. A restaurateur in "The Garden" collects look-alike waitresses but discovers that, as one, they resist his advances. In "Responding to Pain," a woman rescues a suicidal friend, only to realize that she is angry enough to kill her. And in "Brunswick Avenue," a writer comes to understand that her neighbourhood is provisional, and in its draft stages, like her life. Infused with Govier’s magical ability to conjure time and place, Fables of Brunswick Avenue is about starting out, and starting over.