This Town: Short Story

Authors: Schoemperlen, Diane
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
BISAC/Subject: FIC000000
ISBN: 9781443419185, Related ISBNs: 1443419184, 9781443419185
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 50,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis:

Through short bursts of almost statistical information, Schoemperlen paints an ironic portrait of small-town Canada, where people are almost always unhappy in marriage, besieged by tourists looking for directions, and pretending to be happy giving dinner parties.

The stories in Red Plaid Shirt span twenty years of Diane Schoemperlen’s challenging and innovative writing. Told in her fresh and often deadpan comedic voice, they offer a compulsively readable mix of deeply felt emotion and finely wrought intellect. This collection was shortlisted for the Upper Canada Brewing Company Writers’ Craft Award.

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