Carol Shields
Subtitle: evocation and echo
By: edited by Aritha Van Herk & Conny Steenman-Marcusse
Series: Canada cahiers -- no. 13
Publisher: Barkhuis
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Groningen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 146
ISBN-13: 9789077922514
Description: Beloved of readers and writers alike, Carol Shields was a formidable creative force. The author of dozens of books, she won a Pulitzer Prize and an Orange Prize, a Governor General's award, and many other honours and recognitions. And this extraordinary writer's work continues to inspire lovers of language from around the world. "Carol Shields: Evocation and echo" gathers together a bouquet of literary responses. Critics, friends, and fellow writers from North America and Europe here respond to the writing of Carol Shields. Their observations, augmentations, and creative interventions make for a collection that pays homage to Shields, but nonetheless possesses its own distinctive flavour. Her magnificent words continue to reverberate, evoking laughter and memory, and echoing her perceptive eloquence.