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Gary Boire
In this biography of Morley Callaghan, Gary Boire celebrates the life of one of the world’s most prolific writers. Author of over twenty novels and a hundred short stories, Callaghan…
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Morley Callaghan
The complete short fiction of Morley Callaghan appears as he comes into full recognition as one of the singular storytellers of our time. In four volumes, several stories are collected…
It was the fabulous summer of 1929 when the literary capital of North America moved to La Rive Gauche-the Left Bank of the Seine River-in Paris. Ernest Hemingway was reading…
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Introductions by Alistair MacLeod (v. 1), Andre Alexis (v. 2), Anne Michaels (v. 3), and Margaret Atwood (v. 4).
John Orange
A literary exploration of Morley Callaghan’s The Loved and the Lost.
Winner of the Governor General’s Award for fiction in 1951, this deceptively straightforward narrative explores complex and enduringly relevant themes of betrayed innocence and interracial relationships
The Loved and the…
Throughout the Great Depression, Callaghan provided for himself and his family by writing short stories, which Ernest Hemingway compared to James Joyce. Of the more than 100 short stories that…
In 1928, just after he published his first novel, Morley Callaghan asked his editor, Do you think The New Yorker would be a good magazine for my stories? They have…
Cengage Learning Gale
A Study Guide for Morley Callaghan’s All the Years of Her Life, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author…
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Throughout his time as Pilate’s scribe, Philo of Crete attended Christ’s trial, mingled with city prostitutes and desert bandits, and became acquainted with Judas Iscariot. This is a story of…
Luke is not yet 12 when his father dies of a heart attack, leaving him an orphan. Small for his age and something of a loner, Luke goes to live…
A new selection of stories by Canada’s Hemingway, with an afterword by Pulitzer Prize–winner William Kennedy.
Morley Callaghan’s literary circle included Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Joyce. In a career spanning more…
Raymond Knister
The Ontario farmland described in this novel is, despite its beauty and abundance, a place of choked vistas where bitterness and rivalry have taken root. The hero, Richard Milne, struggles…
