Things As They Are

Things As They Are
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Publisher : Emblem Editions
Total Pages : 263
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ISBN-10 : 9781551995724
ISBN-13 : 1551995727
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Things As They Are by : Guy Vanderhaeghe

Download or read book Things As They Are written by Guy Vanderhaeghe and published by Emblem Editions. This book was released on 2010-12-17 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the award-winning author of The Last Crossing and The Englishman's Boy Deftly layered, humane, these stories brilliantly capture the pathos and comedy of the human condition. Following the death of his domineering father, a middle-aged man tries to uncover a truth about their sometimes difficult relationship. When a grade-six teacher tyrannizes a student without apparent reason, the boy learns an unexpected lesson and his young life is changed irrevocably. An elderly widow falls prey to a con artist, revealing what we are capable of sacrificing to appease what we dread the most. A twelve-year-old boy is shunted off to his grandmother's farm and becomes part of an adult world he scarcely understands. A group of high-school students play on a classmate's self-delusions and set up what promises to be the most loaded boxing match ever staged. Whether writing from the point of view of a child, an adolescent, or a man in his seventies, Guy Vanderhaeghe takes us into the lives of his characters with razor-sharp insights laced with gentle humour.


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