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"A rich and lively selection." - Philip Marchand, Toronto Star
"An admirable addition to the series of short-story anthologies published by Oxford University Press - Joyce Carol Oates, Times Literary Supplement
"Bite-sized treasures will fill many a winter evening and summer afternoon. This anthology should be in every English-language library in Canada and abroad." - Canada Book Review Annual
"A show of extraordinary imaginations that just happens to be Canadian." - Financial Post
"Will stand as a text if not a monument for the next number of years." - Saskatoon Star Phoenix
"An admirable addition to the series of short-story anthologies published by Oxford University Press - Joyce Carol Oates, Times Literary Supplement
"Bite-sized treasures will fill many a winter evening and summer afternoon. This anthology should be in every English-language library in Canada and abroad." - Canada Book Review Annual
"A show of extraordinary imaginations that just happens to be Canadian." - Financial Post
"Will stand as a text if not a monument for the next number of years." - Saskatoon Star Phoenix
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The Canadian short story - widely recognized as a distinctive and unusually strong genre in the creative literature of the country - was celebrated in 1986 with the publication of The Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories in English. Published to great acclaim, the original collection has been a great commercial success. It is here revised and updated to reflect the increasing diversity of the genre, and the growing reputation of a new generation of writers. Of the original inclusions, eight were dropped and thirteen replaced. Eighteen writers (among them Margaret Atwood, Matt Cohen, Timothy Findley, W.P. Kinsella, and Audrey Thomas) are represented by different stories. Writers appearing for the first time include Caroline Adderson, Ann Copeland, Bonnie Burnard, Cynthia Flood, Barbara Gowdy, Thomas King, Rohinton Mistry, Diane Schoemperlen, and Linda Svendsen.
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Wonderful. Wonderful., July 8 2003
By Thomas Ligotti Reader - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The new Oxford book of Canadian short stories in English (Hardcover)
I enjoyed all the short stories in this book, but my all-time favorite was the one written by Sandra Birdsell. She grabbed me with the first paragraph and she took me along for an adventure I'll not soon forget; Birdsell is an amazing writer. Overall, this book is a pleasure to read and I recommend it highly.
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An amazing collection, April 16 2006
By A reader - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: New Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories in English (Paperback)
This is truely an amazing collection - incl. stories by Thomas H. Randdall, Alice Munro, Alistair MacLeod, W.D. Valgardson and Neil Bissoondath. Very clever stories that will make you laugh, think and intrigue you. There is a great variation of stories and writers. This is the book that made me get into Canadian writers. It is still one of the best collections of shortstories that I own.If you like short stories you should also try: Alistair MacLeod - 'Island collected stories', Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) 'Seven Gothic Tales', or 'The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl'.
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