The Hockey Sweater and Other Stories

"The Hockey Sweater," the title story in this 20-story collection, has become an enduring classic: a Quebec boy and Habs fan is shipped a Toronto Maple Leafs sweater by mistake. It encapsulates everything you need to understand French and English Canada, told with humour and love. This edition features a new introduction.

About the author

Roch Carrier is the author of more than fifteen novels and numerous children¿s books, short story collections, poetry collections, and plays. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and an Officer of the Order of Canada. He lives in Montreal.

Summary

The Hockey Sweater, the title story in this 20-story collection, has become an enduring classic: a Quebec boy and Habs fan is shipped a Toronto Maple Leafs sweater by mistake. It encapsulates everything you need to understand French and English Canada, told with humour and love. This edition features a new introduction.

Product details

• Authors: Roch Carrier, Carrier Roch
• Assisted by: Dave Bidini (Introduction), Bidini Dave (Introduction), Sheila Fischman (Translation), Fischman Sheila (Translation)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.11.2012
• EAN: 9781770892514
• ISBN: 978-1-77089-251-4
• No. of pages: 152
• Dimensions: 139 mm x 215 mm x 9 mm
• Weight: 184 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Series: List; A List
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Coming of Age, FICTION / Literary, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary