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Informationen zum Autor Desmond Pacey (1917-1975) is a major figure in Canadian Literature and criticism. Member of the Royal Society of Canada, he was an outstanding scholar, leader in University education, and a significant creative artist. His works Frederick Phillip Grove (1945), Creative Writing in Canada: A Short History of English-Canadian Literature (1952), and Ten Canadian Poets (1957), to mention only a few, have had leadership impact on Canadian Scholarship. He won the Lorne Pierce Medal in 1972. Klappentext From the Canadian Short Story Library, twelve stories from Desmond Pacey, a major figure in Canadian Literature and criticism. The twelve stories are typical of Pacey's story-telling technique and what emerges from them is a distinctive, even powerful optimism, charity, tolerance and deep understanding of human nature. The sombre side of life is honestly portrayed and juxtaposed against the importance of love as a unifying force. These stories, presented in a simple straightforward manner, reveal man as he is: fragile, vulnerable, capable of crude, selfish and irrational behaviour, subject to defeat and despair; but also, heroic, enlightened, capable of strength, wisdom, hope and joy. Zusammenfassung Showcases twelve stories from the Canadian Short Story Library. These stories, are presented in a simple and straightforward manner. It also reveals authors characteristic technique of story-telling. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Waken, Lords and Ladies Gay The Picnic The Boat That Day in the Bush When She Comes Over On the Roman Road The Test The Mirror The Trespasser Aunt Polly The Ghost of Reddleman Lane The Lost Girl Bibliography
