One Good Story, That One :Stories

One Good Story, That One

One Good Story, That One :Stories

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Published: 1 September, 2013
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One Good Story, That One is a collection steeped in native oral tradition and shot through with Thomas King’s special brand of wit and comic imagination. These highly acclaimed stories conjure up Native and Judeo-Christian myths, present-day pop culture, and literature while mixing in just the right amount of perception and experience.

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Type Book
ISBN13 9780816689781
ISBN10 0816689784
Number Of Pages 147
Item Weight 1000 g
Product Dimensions 137 x 203 x 25 mm
Publisher / Reseller University of Minnesota Press
Format paperback
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Media Reviews

"There’s a sly, tart intelligence at work in many of these stories. . . . The writing is taut, sharp-edged, and very funny." -Globe and Mail
"These stories clearly display King’s trademark wit and intelligence, his facility with characterization, and his mastery of narrative art." -The Ottawa Citizen

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Author's Bio

Thomas King is one of Canada’s premier Native public intellectuals. He was the first Aboriginal person to deliver the prestigious Massey Lectures, and he is the best-selling, award-winning author of six novels, two collections of short stories, and two nonfiction books. His work The Inconvenient Indian won the BC National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction and the RBC Taylor Prize. He is a recipient of the Order of Canada and lives in Guelph, Ontario.

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