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Mrs. Golightly and Other Stories

By Ethel Wilson
Afterword by David Stouck

By Ethel Wilson
Afterword by David Stouck

By Ethel Wilson
Afterword by David Stouck

By Ethel Wilson
Afterword by David Stouck

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Part of New Canadian Library

Paperback $19.95

Sep 21, 2010 | ISBN 9780771094804

Ebook $14.99

Sep 21, 2010 | ISBN 9781551994093

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    About Mrs. Golightly and Other Stories

    The eighteen pieces collected in Mrs. Golightly and Other Stories bring together the many and subtle voices of Ethel Wilson, demonstrating her extraordinary range as a writer. From the gentle mockery of the title story to the absurdist reportage of “Mr. Sleepwalker,” Wilson exerts unerring narrative control. Revealing what is “simple and complicated and timeless” in everyday life, these stories also venture into irrational realms of experience where chance encounters assume a malevolent form and coincidence transmuted into nightmare.

    First published in 1961, Mrs. Golightly and Other Stories is a diverse and rewarding collection, unified by Ethel Wilson’s distinct and engaging wit.

    About Mrs. Golightly and Other Stories

    The eighteen pieces collected in Mrs. Golightly and Other Stories bring together the many and subtle voices of Ethel Wilson, demonstrating her extraordinary range as a writer. From the gentle mockery of the title story to the absurdist reportage of “Mr. Sleepwalker,” Wilson exerts unerring narrative control. Revealing what is “simple and complicated and timeless” in everyday life, these stories also venture into irrational realms of experience where chance encounters assume a malevolent form and coincidence transmuted into nightmare.

    First published in 1961, Mrs. Golightly and Other Stories is a diverse and rewarding collection, unified by Ethel Wilson’s distinct and engaging wit.

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    About Ethel Wilson

    Ethel Davis Wilson, born in South Africa, was taken to live with her maternal grandmother in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1898. In the 1930s Wilson published a few short stories and began a series of fictionalized family reminiscences which were… More about Ethel Wilson

    About Ethel Wilson

    Ethel Davis Wilson, born in South Africa, was taken to live with her maternal grandmother in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1898. In the 1930s Wilson published a few short stories and began a series of fictionalized family reminiscences which were… More about Ethel Wilson

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $19.95
    Published by New Canadian Library
    Sep 21, 2010 | 248 Pages | 5-1/8 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780771094804

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $14.99
    Published by New Canadian Library
    Sep 21, 2010 | 248 Pages | ISBN 9781551994093

    Table Of Contents

    1 Mrs. Golightly and the First Convention
    2 Haply the soul of my grandmother
    3 On Nimpish Lake
    4 From Flores
    5 God help the young fishman
    6 We have to sit opposite
    7 The Birds
    8 A drink with Adolphus
    9 I just love dogs
    10 The corner of X and Y streets
    11 “To keep the memory of so worthy a friend”
    12 Fog
    13 Hurry, hurry
    14 Truth and Mrs. Forrester
    15 Mr. Sleepwalker
    16 Beware the Jabberwock, my son . . . beware the Jubjub Bird
    17 Till death us do part
    18 The Window
     
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