If Pigs Could Fly
- Publisher
- Turnstone Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1995
- Category
- NON-CLASSIFIABLE, Literary, Humorous
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780888012029
- Publish Date
- Jan 1995
- List Price
- $16.95
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Description
Written in three parts, master storyteller Arnason's second volume of fractured prairie tales includes political fables, Ukrainian tales and fabulations, leaving no stone unturned in his parody of Canada's political and cultural landscape."Fairy tales on speed make great fiction."--Rob McLennan, The Ottawa Express
About the author
David Arnason was born in Gimli, Manitoba, in 1940. He has a Master’s Degree from the University of Manitoba and a PhD from the University of New Brunswick. He divides his time between Winnipeg, where he teaches Canadian literature and creative writing at the University of Manitoba, and Gimli, where he does most of his writing. He has also taught Canadian literature and creative writing in Tasmania, Trier, and Strasbourg.His works include two collections of poetry, Marsh Burning and Skrag, and four collections of short stories: Fifty Stories and a Piece of Advice, The Circus Performer’s Bar, The Happiest Man in the World, and The Pagan Wall.
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