PENGUIN BOOK of CANADIAN SHORT STORIES
^elected and Introduced by I l\. XN JH URQUHART
PENGUIN CANADA Contents
INTRODUCTION BY JANE URQUHART IX
PART i: THE VIEW FROM CASTLE ROCK i ALICE MUNRO. The View from Castle Rock 3 ALISTAIR MACLEOD. Vision 20 SAM SELVON. Gussy and the Boss 46 CLAIRE MESSUD. The Professor's History 52 DENNIS BOCK. The Wedding . 67 M.G. VASSANJI. Last Rites 78 MADELEINE THIEN. Simple Recipes 88 AUSTIN CLARKE. Four Stations in His Circle 96 W.D. VALGARDSON. The Cave 105 DAVID BEZMOZGIS. Tapka 119 VINCENT LAM. A Long Migration 128 JANICE KULYK KEEFER. The Amores 136 ROHINTON MISTRY. The Collectors 147
PART 2: THIS ALL HAPPENED 167 MICHAEL WINTER. This All Happened 169 LISA MOORE. The Lonely Goatherd 182 ISABEL HUGGAN. On Fire 187 MICHAEL REDHILL. The Flesh Collectors 202 GAYLA REID. Nadir 215 DIONNE BRAND. One Down 229 ELIZABETH HAY. The Friend 239 SHARON BUTALA. Fever 248 MICHAEL CRUMMEY. Heartburn 261 ADRIENNE POY. Ring Around October 269 CAROLINE ADDERSON. And the Children Shall Rise 275 NANCY LEE. Dead Girls 283 GUY VANDERHAEGHE. Ray 294 CAROL WINDLEY. What Saffi Knows 306 ANITA RAU BADAMI. fhoomri's Window 318
PART 3: LUNCH CONVERSATION 331
MICHAEL ONDAATJE. Lunch Conversation 333 MICHAEL ONDAATJE. Aunts 336 ETHEL WILSON. Dinner at Noon 337 ETHEL WILSON. The Buried Life 341 LYNN COADY. Jesus Christ, Murdeena 344 JOSEPH BOYDEN. Abitibi Canyon 358 SANDRA BIRDSELL. Falling in Love 369 WAYNE JOHNSTON. Catechism 379 CAROL SHIELDS. A Scarf 389 TIMOTHY TAYLOR. Smoke's Fortune 398 JOAN CLARK. The Madonna Feast 405 TIMOTHY FINDLEY. Real Life Writes Real Bad 414 B RON WEN WALLACE. An Easy Life 42 6 MARGARET ATWOOD. The Art of Cooking and Serving 434
PART 4 = PAPER SHADOWS 4.4.3 WAYSON CHOY. Paper Shadows 445 SEAN VIRGO. The Glass Sphere 454 MATT COHEN. Napoleon in Moscow 460 SHEILA HETI. The Woman Who Lived in a Shoe 469 VIRGIL BURNETT. Constance 471 ERIC MCCORMACK. Sad Stories in Patagonia 484 BARBARA GOWDY. Presbyterian Crosswalk 492
CONTENTS vii RUDYWIEBE. Where Is the Voice Coming From? 504 AUDREY THOMAS. The Man with Clam Eyes 511 LEON ROOKE. Gypsy Art 516 THOMAS KING. The Baby in the Airmail Box 521 ANNABEL LYON./oe in the Afterlife 531 SUSAN SWAN. The Man Doll 536 STEPHEN LEACOCK. L'Envoi. The Train to Mariposa 543
PART 5: MY GRANDFATHER'S HOUSE 549 CHARLES RITCHIE. My Grandfather's House 551 CHARLES G.D. ROBERTS. Strayed 558 SINCLAIR ROSS. The Painted Door 561 MARGARET LAURENCE. Horses of the Night 576 ALICE MUNRO. Meneseteung 591 MORLEY CALLAGHAN. Let Me Promise You 607 GABRIELLE ROY. The Road Past Altamont 611 LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY. Dog Monday's Vigil 635 HUGH GARNER. One Mile of he 638 SHEILA WATSON. Rough Answer 647 ERNEST BUCKLER. The Locket 651 MERNA SUMMERS. The Blizzard 660 MAVIS GALLANT. Voices Lost in Snow 676
THE AUTHORS 684
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