Leon Rooke

Broschiertes Buch

Swinging Through Dixie

Novellas and Stories

Beschreibung

Peopled by Watermelon Queens and ten-year-old business men, these joyful, brilliantly crafted pieces speak to a magical time long forgotten.

Autor

Leon Rooke is a novelist, short story writer, playwright, editor and critic. He was born in rural North Carolina, but has been a resident of Canada for many years. He has published 28 books, and nearly 300 short stories have been published. Over the course of his career, Leon Rooke has been writer-in-residence at numerous North American universities, including the University of Victoria, Southwest Minnesota State University and the University of Toronto. Rooke is also the recipient of numerous awards and honours, including the Canada-Australia Literary Prize (1981), the Governor General's Award for English Language Fiction for Shakespeare´s Dog (1985), and the North Carolina Award for Literature (1990).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Biblioasis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 201mm x 127mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9781771961035
• ISBN-10: 1771961031
• Artikelnr.: 44579569