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Daydreams of angels : stories / Heather O'Neill.
"Inventive, outlandish, and tender fairy tales from a bestselling author The fantastic has always been at the edges of Heather O'Neill's work. In her bestselling novels Lullabies for Little Criminals and The Girl Who Was Saturday Night, she transformed the shabbiest streets of Montreal with her beautiful, freewheeling metaphors. She described the smallest of things--a stray cat or a second-hand coat--with an intensity that made them otherworldly. In Daydreams of Angels, O'Neill's first collection of short stories, she gives free reign to her imaginative gifts. In "The Ugly Ducklings," generations of Nureyev clones live out their lives in a grand Soviet experiment. In "Dear Piglet," a teenaged cult follower writes a letter to explain the motivation behind her crime. And in another tale, a grandmother reveals where babies come from: the beach, where young mothers-to-be hunt for infants in the surf. Each of these beguiling stories twists the beloved narratives of childhood--fairy tales, storybooks, Bible stories--to uncover the deepest truths of family life"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781554684519 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 155468451X (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 354 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | The Gypsy and the Bear -- The Gospel According to Mary M. -- Swan Lake for Beginners -- The Holy Dove Parade -- Dolls -- Where Babies Come From -- The Man Without a Heart -- Daydreams of Angels -- The Isles of Dr. Moreau -- The Story of Little O -- The Saddest Chorus Girl in the World -- Heaven -- The Dreamlife of Toasters -- Messages in Bottles -- Sting Like a Bee -- The Story of a Rose Bush -- Bart©đk for Children -- A Christmas Carol -- The Wolf-boy of Northern Quebec -- The Conference of the Birds. |
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| Subject: | Short stories, Canadian. |
| Genre: | Canadian fiction. Short stories, Canadian. Canadian fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lansdowne Library | PS 8579 N387 D38 2015 (Text) | 26040003392244 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-05-22 |
| Victoria Beach Branch | FIC O'NE (Text) | 37842000781551 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
