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Swann

By Carol Shields

By Carol Shields

By Carol Shields

By Carol Shields

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Paperback $17.00

Oct 22, 1996 | ISBN 9780679307877

Ebook $11.99

Jan 21, 2011 | ISBN 9780307367242

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    About Swann

    Carol Shields’s award-winning and critically acclaimed "literary mystery," first published in 1987.

    Swann     is the story of four individuals who become entwined in the life of Mary Swann, a rural Canadian poet whose authentic and unique voice is discovered only hours before her husband hacks her to pieces.Who is Mary Swann? And how could she have produced these works of genius in almost complete isolation? Mysteriously, all traces of Swann’s existence — her notebook, the first draft of her work, even her photograph — gradually vanish as the characters in this engrossing novel become caught up in their own concepts of who Mary Swann was.

    About Swann

    Carol Shields’s award-winning and critically acclaimed "literary mystery," first published in 1987.

    Swann     is the story of four individuals who become entwined in the life of Mary Swann, a rural Canadian poet whose authentic and unique voice is discovered only hours before her husband hacks her to pieces.Who is Mary Swann? And how could she have produced these works of genius in almost complete isolation? Mysteriously, all traces of Swann’s existence — her notebook, the first draft of her work, even her photograph — gradually vanish as the characters in this engrossing novel become caught up in their own concepts of who Mary Swann was.

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    Jane Austen
    Dropped Threads 2
    Thirteen Hands And Other Plays
    Dressing Up for the Carnival
    See all books by Carol Shields

    About Carol Shields

    Carol Shields (1935–2003) is the author of The Stone Diaries, which won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Canada’s Governor General’s Award. Her other novels and short story collections include The Republic of Love, Happenstance, and… More about Carol Shields

    About Carol Shields

    Carol Shields (1935–2003) is the author of The Stone Diaries, which won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for fiction, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Canada’s Governor General’s Award. Her other novels and short story collections include The Republic of Love, Happenstance, and… More about Carol Shields

    Product Details

    Category: Women’s Fiction | Mystery & Thriller

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Vintage Canada
    Oct 22, 1996 | 416 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 | ISBN 9780679307877

    Category: Women’s Fiction | Mystery & Thriller

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Vintage Canada
    Jan 21, 2011 | 416 Pages | ISBN 9780307367242

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    Praise

    "One of the best novels I have read… deft, funny, poignant, surprising and beautifully shaped—in total command of itself and its language." — Margaret Atwood

    "A brilliant literary mystery…a delightful send-up of the scholarly sideshow that surrounds a work of art." — Kirkus Reviews

    "…a compelling work…exquisitely crafted…" — Globe and Mail

    "Gently satirical… [Carol Shields] has a compassion for her characters that can make you ache for them." — The New York Times

    "Well-drawn characters, expert writing, and silky malice are combined in an exceptionally satisfying work of fiction" — The Atlantic Monthly

    "A spicily witty tale of literary malarkey." — The Sunday Times (U.K.)

    Awards

    Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel WINNER 1988

    Governor General’s Literary Awards – Fiction FINALIST 1987

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