The strangest sentences and illustrations from 19th-century encyclopedias, etiquette books, and travel guides, snipped into stories and full-page colour collages.
The strangest sentences and illustrations from 19th-century encyclopedias, etiquette books, and travel guides, snipped into stories and full-page colour collages.
Born and raised in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Diane Schoemperlen has published several collections of short fiction and three novels, In the Language of Love (1994), Our Lady of the Lost and Found (2001), and At A Loss For Words (2008). Her 1990 collection, The Man of My Dreams, was shortlisted for both the Governor-General's Award and the Trillium. Her collection, Forms of Devotion: Stories and Pictures won the 1998 Governor-General's Award for English Fiction. In 2008, she received the Marian Engel Award from the Writers' Trust of Canada. In 2012, she was Writer-in-Residence at Queen's University. She lives in Kingston, Ontario.
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INTRODUCTION BY THE BOOK OR: ALESSANDRO IN THE NEW WORLD: AN UNLIKELY TALE OF TIME TRAVEL, TRANSLATION, AND TRAGIC LOVE A NERVOUS RACE: 222 BRIEF NOTES ON THE STUDY OF NATURE, HUMAN OR OTHERWISE WHAT IS A HAT? WHERE IS CONSTANTINOPLE? WHO WAS SIR WALTER RALEIGH? AND MANY OTHER COMMON QUESTIONS, SOME WITH ANSWERS, SOME WITHOUT A BODY LIKE A LITTLE NUT: IN WHICH THE BOTANIST LOOKS FOR LOVE IN THE WILD, APPROPRIATES THE ALPHABET, WAXES POETIC, SUCCUMBS TO DESPAIR HISTORY BECOMES AUTHENTIC OR: THE QUESTION OF THINGS HAPPENING CRY HAVOC AND LET SLIP THE DOGS OF WAR: A HANDBOOK FOR THE ADVANCED STUDY OF SENTENCES AND PARAGRAPHS CONSUMPTIVES SHOULD NOT KISS OTHER PEOPLE: A HANDY GUIDE TO THE CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF YOUR FAMILY'S GOOD HEALTH AROUND THE WORLD IN 100 POSTCARDS: IN WHICH THE GEOGRAPHER MAKES A SURVEY OF THE WORLD, FINDS IT WANTING, COMES TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME A NOTE ON THE ILLUSTRATIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 316
INTRODUCTION BY THE BOOK OR: ALESSANDRO IN THE NEW WORLD: AN UNLIKELY TALE OF TIME TRAVEL, TRANSLATION, AND TRAGIC LOVE A NERVOUS RACE: 222 BRIEF NOTES ON THE STUDY OF NATURE, HUMAN OR OTHERWISE WHAT IS A HAT? WHERE IS CONSTANTINOPLE? WHO WAS SIR WALTER RALEIGH? AND MANY OTHER COMMON QUESTIONS, SOME WITH ANSWERS, SOME WITHOUT A BODY LIKE A LITTLE NUT: IN WHICH THE BOTANIST LOOKS FOR LOVE IN THE WILD, APPROPRIATES THE ALPHABET, WAXES POETIC, SUCCUMBS TO DESPAIR HISTORY BECOMES AUTHENTIC OR: THE QUESTION OF THINGS HAPPENING CRY HAVOC AND LET SLIP THE DOGS OF WAR: A HANDBOOK FOR THE ADVANCED STUDY OF SENTENCES AND PARAGRAPHS CONSUMPTIVES SHOULD NOT KISS OTHER PEOPLE: A HANDY GUIDE TO THE CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF YOUR FAMILY'S GOOD HEALTH AROUND THE WORLD IN 100 POSTCARDS: IN WHICH THE GEOGRAPHER MAKES A SURVEY OF THE WORLD, FINDS IT WANTING, COMES TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME A NOTE ON THE ILLUSTRATIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 316
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