{"product_id":"the-worlds-of-carol-shields-david-staines-9780776622064","title":"The Worlds of Carol Shields","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Worlds of Carol Shields is the first book to examine Shields' extraordinary career and life through the lens both of close friends and of literary critics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Carol was a very fine writer and a remarkable human being, a wonderful person whose work I closely followed for more than 20 years. I interviewed her frequently over those years, with virtually every work she produced --novel, radio drama, play, book of stories. So I had a good sense of the span of her work and also her evolution as a stylist. But the key reason I wanted to make a book focusing on her life and work is that we were friends\". --Eleanor Wachtel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book strikes the right balance between intimate accounts and literary analysis. It opens with reminiscences by close friend Eleanor Wachtel, which are followed by a study of Shields' poetry by her daughter and grandson, then by various aspects of her fiction, including a detailed examination of her plays. It closes with reminiscences by four close friends: Jane Urquhart, Joan Clark, Wayson Choy and Martin Levin. The 23 contributors offer new insights, new theories, and new perspectives about Shields' illuminating career. Only one piece--her obituary written by Margaret Atwood--has been previously published. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in English.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Staines\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0776622064\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780776622064\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Ottawa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/02\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d","brand":"David Staines","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46372313137407,"sku":"9780776622064","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_090c8209-8b8b-4269-9b59-59a65d68c383.jpg?v=1732725604","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-worlds-of-carol-shields-david-staines-9780776622064","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}