{"product_id":"finding-again-the-world-selected-stories-paperback","title":"Finding Again the World: Selected Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Metcalf\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFinding Again the World\u003c\/em\u003e brings together a dozen of the best stories by John Metcalf, a modern master of the form. Spanning more than fifty years and ranging from some of his earliest published stories, such as \"Dandelions\" and \"The Eastmill Reception Centre,\" to his latest, with \"Ceazer Salad\" and \"The Museum at the End of the World,\" this current gathering shows a writer whose voice, at every stage of his career, is unmistakeable. These are elegant and brilliantly charged fictions, entertaining and moving and mischievous: taking the dross and straw of everyday life and transforming it, through some sort of alchemical process of sensibility, into art.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith an introduction by Keath Fraser, \u003cem\u003eFinding Again the World\u003c\/em\u003e is a landmark collection, a sumptuous gathering of singular work: these are stories that will last.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Metcalf has been one of the leading editors in Canada for more than five decades, editing more than 200 books over this time, including 18 volumes of the \u003cem\u003eBest Canadian Stories \u003c\/em\u003eseries. He is also the author of more than a dozen works of fiction and nonfiction, including \u003cem\u003eVital Signs: Collected Novellas\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAn Aesthetic Underground: A Literary Memoir\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eShut Up He Explained\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Canadian Short Story\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Museum at the End of the World\u003c\/em\u003e. Senior Fiction Editor at Biblioasis, he lives in Ottawa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 600\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47248074146041,"sku":"9781771962520","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/S2NDVE9Sa2J3ZUVsc0lNZFRRVjM2UT09.webp?v=1768631153","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/finding-again-the-world-selected-stories-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}