Island : the complete stories /
MacLeod, Alistair.
New York : W.W. Norton,
2011, c2000.
Sixteen stories set against the backdrop of Cape Breton Island explore family relationships, the importance of tradition, legend, the significance and beauty of the surrounding landscape, superstition, and memory.
"Originally published in Canada under the title Island : the collected short stories of Alistair MacLeod." --T.p. verso.
The boat (1968) -- The vastness of the dark (1971) -- The golden gift of grey (1971) -- The return (1971) -- In the fall (1973) -- The lost salt gift of blood (1974) -- The road to Rankin's Point (1976) -- The closing down of summer (1976) -- To every thing there is a season (1977) -- Second spring (1980) -- Winter dog (1981) -- The tuning of perfection (1984) -- As birds bring forth the sun (1985) -- Vision (1986) -- Island (1988) -- Clearances (1999).
Sixteen stories set against the backdrop of Cape Breton Island explore family relationships, the importance of tradition, legend, the significance and beauty of the surrounding landscape, superstition, and memory.
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