Search Results: Fiction, Short Stories from Bytown Bookery

Vintage Canada. Very Good+. 1997. First Trade Edition. Trade paperback. 0676970257 . Trade Paperback in Very Good + condition. Tightly bound, bright & unmarked. "A remarkable collection of twelve new stories, mostly set in Ireland. The title story is a small, sad masterpiece, about a woman holidaying alone in an Italian hotel. "; 0.6 x 8.5 x 5.4 Inches; 213 pages .

London, England: Bloombury Books. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. 1st Edition. 0747521557 . Black hard covers, gilt titles to the spine with a gold ribbon marker. This is a tight, bright & unmarked copy. The DJ is unclipped, Very Good+ and protected with clear plastic covering. "Featuring many familiar characters, a collection of short stories focuses on hopeful, humorous themes and includes the story of three children who travel to New York and kidnap their mother to keep her from getting a face lift. "; 1.1 x 8.2 x 6 Inches; 260 pages .

Vancouver, B. C.: Talonbooks. Near Fine. 1987. Paperback. 0889222495 . Trade Paperback in Near Fine condition, tightly bound with an unmarked, bright, text. Light cover wear. "Fluidly written stories which reveal that at the heart of social thought and action, lie the small private choices made by every member of the community." ; 8.47 X 5.52 X 0.49 inches; 165 pages .

McClelland & Stewart. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. 0771018983 . Blue hardcovers with gilt titles to the spine. A tightly bound, bright copy with light spine end bumping, in Very Good++ condition. The DJ is Very Good, light cover scuffing with a small tear to the bottom of the spine end. ; 8.30 X 5.60 X 1 inches; 236 pages .

Knopf Canada. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. 0676970575 . Red hardcovers in Near Fine condition, tight, bright & unmarked. Very light spine end bumping. Stated First Edition. The DJ is unclipped and also in Near Fine condition. "Five linked stories, set in Canada and the American west, perfectly capture the drama of everyday life. The extraordinary voices of the stories' characters make for lasting, moving impressions." ; X X ; 245 pages .

Toronto, Ont: Vintage Canada. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1997. First Trade Edition. Soft cover. 0676971091 . Trade Paperback in a near fine condition. "Five linked stories, set in Canada and the American west, perfectly capture the drama of everyday life. The extraordinary voices of the stories' characters make for lasting, moving impressions. "; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 245 pages .

Knopf Canada. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket. 2007. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0676978363 . Hardcovers In Very Good++ condition, tightly bound and unmarked with very light spine end bumping. The DJ is unclipped and in Fine condition. "An audacious New Face of Fiction debut: nine riveting stories that announce a major writer in the tradition of Yann Martel and Barbara Gowdy. Unexpected humour and tenderness intertwine with loneliness and hopefulness in this remarkable book from an already acclaimed writer. In nine richly varied stories, written in intense, clear-eyed prose, the reader is led into an exploration of the human need for connection, however tenuous or absurd, and at whatever cost." ; 8.20 X 5.60 X 1.10 inches; 240 pages; Box 12 .

Wakefield Press. Near Fine. 1988. Paperback. 1862540160 . Trade Paperback in Near Fine condition. Tight, bright & unmarked. " Less laughter and more tears characterise Peter Goldsworthy's third collection of short stories. The terrain is familiar: a Yuppie world of medical practice, restaurants, squash courts, and parties - a world part parodied, part celebrated." ; 7.64 X 5.12 X 0.47 inches; 137 pages .

Anchor Canada. Very Good. 2006. Paperback. 0385661444 . A Very Good Trade Paperback. A solid binding with a clean, unmarked interior. Some wear to the cover edges and cover scuffing. "Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures welcomes readers into a world where the most mundane events can quickly become life or death. By following four young medical students and physicians Ming, Fitz, Sri and Chen this debut collection from 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Vincent Lam is a riveting, eye-opening account of what it means to be a doctor. Deftly navigating his way through 12 interwoven short stories, the author explores the characters relationships with each other, their patients, and their careers." ; 7.90 X 5 X 1.60 inches; 354 pages .

Penguin Modern Classics. Very Good+. 1969. Paperback. B001THR9LQ . A Mass Market Paperback. Very Good with a tight binding, a clean, unmarked text. Tanning to the pge edges with cover edgewear. "In "After the Fireworks" a writer is pursued by a girl, an admirer of his work. "The Rest Cure" tells the story of a woman whose dissatisfaction with the confines of married life leads her into a liaison with disastrous consequences. "Chawdron" and "The Claxtons" describe forms of hypocrisy." ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 206 pages .

Night Shade Books. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 2006. 1st Edition. Trade Paperback. 1597800481 . Trade Paperback. This is a very good copy with light scuffing to the covers. It is almost a Near Fine copy except for some small staining to the back upper left had corner, a tightly bound book with a bright interior. Stated First Edition." A new collection by one of the most popular and prolific authors of the last few years covers a wide range of material, from time travel to cyberpunk to contemporary fantasy. Twenty stories and two poems, originally published in high profile places. ; Cover Art; 0.8 x 8.8 x 6 Inches; 219 pages .

Erin, Ontario: Porcupine's Quill. Fine with no dust jacket. 1994. Paperback. 0889841764 . Trade Paperback in Fine condition, tightly bound & unmarked with light cover wear. "The ten stories in Patricia Robertson's first collection of short fiction offer a somber, shadowed world of characters who strive for other, more magical destinations. The book's mood and images are stark and carefully controlled." ; 8.82 X 5.44 X 0.47 inches; 160 pages .

New York: Farrar Straus Giroux. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1982. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0374126348 . Green cloth covers, gilt titles to the spine. This is a tightly bound copy withan unmakred text, there is heavy wear to the cover edges, the back end paper is missing and there is some moisture marks to the bottom edge. The DJ is clipped and in Good+ condition. ; Ex-Library; 1.9 x 9.5 x 6.3 Inches; 610 pages .

London, England: Andre Deutsch Ltd. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1990. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 0233985840 . Black hardcovers / gilt titles to the spine. In Near Fine condition, pages are tight and clean, small sticker reside on the front free end paper. First Edition. The DJ is unclipped, no markings or tears, moderate cover wear. "Included are five stories, whose plots range from the tale of two young men stealing a mannequin to a bullfighter in the time of Goya and of today." ; 9.10 X 6 X 1.30 inches; 344 pages .

Vintage Comtemporaries. New. 1989. Paperback. 0679767185 . Trade Paperback in As New condition. Tight, bright & unmarked. "David Guterson's beautifully observed and emotionally piercing short stories are set largely in the Pacific Northwest. In those vast landscapes, hunting, fishing, and sports are the givens of men's lives." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 164 pages .

Little, Brown and Company. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1996. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0316314781 . Green hardcovers in Near Fine condition. Tight, bright, unmarked with a small black mark to the bottom edge. The DJ is unclipped and in Very Good condition with light cover rubbing, protected by a clear plastic covering. "This celebrated collection opens with "Nora Jane and Company," a series of nine stories featuring one of the most popular characters in the Gilchrist galaxy: a former teenage runaway who once robbed a bar in New Orleans dressed as a nun." ; 0.6 x 9.1 x 6.1 Inches; 288 pages .

Lantzille, B. C.: Oolichan Books. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1997. Paperback. 0889821615 . Trade Paperback with French Flaps. In very good + condition with a tight binding, an unmarked interior. Light crease and stain to the bottom of the fore edge. "Here we have Marlene Dietrich as muse; she will always be with us -- as in the author's imagination so in ours. Marlene Dietrich is not dead, will never die. Rachel Wyatt is a subtle, ironic, wonderfully witty writer. These stories are at once funny and poignant, erotic and tremendously moving. ". ; 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.5 Inches; 172 pages .

Toronto, Ont.: McClleland & Stewart Inc.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 2002. First Trade Edition. Paperback. 0771052502 . Signed by Author on the title page. First EditionTrade paperback with flaps. Very clean tight copy. 'Dead Girls is among the bravest fictional debuts in recent memory and heralds the arrival of a bold and audacious new voice in Canadian writing." ; Remainder; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 286 pages; Signed by Author .

Ottawa , Ont: Chaudiere Books. Very Good. 2007. Paperback. 0978160142 . Trade Paperback . A Fine book with a solid binding and a bright, unmarked text. "The response to Decalogue: ten Ottawa poets (2006) , we decided to follow up with Decalogue 2: ten Ottawa fiction writers. Because we are the capital city, Ottawa as a whole is often accused of having no identity of its own; instead, some of our strength comes from our transient nature, interacting with ideas larger and more multiple than a single base. Edited by rob mclennan, this collection features the work by Emily Falvey, Matthew Firth, Gabriela Goliger, Alison Gresik, John-James Ford, Clare Latremouille, John Lavery, Nadine McInnis, rob mclennan and Ian Roy." ; 8.90 X 5.90 X 0.50 inches; 174 pages .

W. W. Norton & Company. Very Good. 1990. Trade paperback. 039330681X . Trade paperback. Very Good+, tight, bright, unmarked. "Dislocations is filled with "sensuous, speculative fictions about the experience of dislocation.... "; Norton Paperback Fiction; 0.58 x 7.98 x 5.44 Inches; 210 pages .