Island
Subtitle: the complete stories
By: Alistair MacLeod
Edition: Norton paperback ed.
Publisher: W W Norton
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 434
ISBN-13: 9780393341188
Subjects: Scots; Fiction
Description: 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.
Notes: "Originally published in Canada under the title 'Island: The Collected Short Stories of Alistair MacLeod'"--T.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: The boat (1968); title: The vastness of the dark (1971); title: The golden gift of grey (1971); title: The return (1971); title: In the fall (1973); title: The lost salt gift of blood (1974); title: The road to Rankin's Point (1976); title: The closing down of summer (1976); title: To every thing there is a season (1977); title: Second spring (1980); title: Winter dog (1981); title: The tuning of perfection (1984); title: As birds bring forth the sun (1985); title: Vision (1986); title: Island (1988); title: Clearances (1999).