Dressing up for the carnival
By: Carol Shields
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780670889211
Subjects: Social life and customs; Fiction
Description: In Dressing Up for the Carnival, Carol Shields distills her characteristic wisdom, elegance, and insouciant humor in twenty-two luminous stories. A wealth of surprises and contrasts, this collection ranges from the lyricism of "Weather," in which a couple's life is thrown into chaos when the National Association of Meteorologists goes on strike, to the swampy sexuality of "Eros," in which a room in a Parisian hotel on the verge of ruin is the catalyst for passion, to the brave confidence of "A Scarf"--New for this collection-which chronicles the realities of a fledging author's book tour. Playful, graceful, acutely observed, and generous of spirit, these stories will delight her devoted fans and win her new converts as well. ... Publisher description.
Table of contents: title: Dressing up for the carnival; title: A scarf; title: Weather; title: Flatties: their various forms and uses; title: Dying for love; title: Ilk; title: Stop!; title: Mirrors; title: The harp; title: Our men and women; title: Keys; title: Absence; title: Windows; title: Reportage; title: Edith-Esther; title: New music; title: Soup du jour; title: Invention; title: Death of an artist; title: The next best kiss; title: Eros; title: Dressing down.