Carol Shields
‘One of the best novels I have read this year. It’s deft, funny, poignant, surprising and beautifully shaped.’ Margaret Atwood
Mary Swann, a latter-day Emily Dickinson, submitted a paper bag of poems to a newspaper editor mere hours before her death at her husband’s hands. Works of genius can come from extraordinary places. A feminist scholar, a librarian, a biographer and a publisher all try to piece together the story behind her life and work in this teasing, inventive and beautiful novel.
Reviews of Mary Swann
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- ‘Quite excellent. Hers is a name to set beside those of Margaret Atwood and Alice Munro.’ Anita Brookner, Spectator
- ‘A funny, compassionate, open-handed novel. A worthy British debut from a fine Canadian author.’ Glasgow Herald
- ‘Formally ingenious and inventive, strikingly evocative of place, of character, of the world of things, capable of both comedy and tenderness, and above all beautifully written.’ LRB
- ‘Clearly a work of an experienced and skilful writer. This is not only a first-rate read, it is also sophisticated and ingeniously crafted.’ Listener
More from Carol Shields
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Happenstance
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The Republic of Love
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Happenstance
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Weather (Fast Fiction)
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The Orange Fish (Fast Fiction)
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Various Miracles (Fast Fiction)
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The Stone Diaries
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Collected Stories
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Unless
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The Republic of Love
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Happenstance
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Mary Swann
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Various Miracles
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Various Miracles
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The Stone Diaries
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The Box Garden
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Small Ceremonies
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Dressing Up for the Carnival
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Larry’s Party
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A Celibate Season
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Unless
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The Stone Diaries
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Mary Swann
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The Republic of Love
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Dressing Up for the Carnival
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Duet
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Collected Stories
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Collected Stories
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Various Miracles
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Larry’s Party
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Unless
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Duet
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A Celibate Season
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Larry’s Party
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