Fiction Short Stories (single Author)
The Story So Far
- Publisher
- Breton Books
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1998
- Category
- Short Stories (single author)
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781895415216
- Publish Date
- Jan 1998
- List Price
- $12.95
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Description
These stories take the reader from the sparse, tense writing of the prequel to Glace Bay Miner's Museum, through the author's other stories drawn from his Cape Breton home. A critically acclaimed success.
About the author
Born in Reserve Mines, Cape Breton, Sheldon Currie is professor emeritus at St. Francis Xavier University and author of short stories, novels, and plays. Probably his most widely known work is The Glace Bay Miners’ Museum, which was also adapted for radio and stage plays, and made into the critically acclaimed film Margaret’s Museum, starring Helena Bonham Carter. In his varied career, Sheldon has also served in the RAF and as fiction editor of The Antigonish Review. His play Lauchie, Liza and Rory won the 2004 Merritt Award for best play by a Nova Scotia writer. Down the Coaltown Road, first published in 2002, was nominated for the Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction.
