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Rare and modern books

Shields, Carol

The Stone Diaries

Random House of Canada, 1993

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(STREETSVILLE, Canada)

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Year of publication
1993
ISBN
0394223624
Place of printing
Toronto
Author
Shields, Carol
Publishers
Random House of Canada
Edition
1st Canadian Edition.
Keyword
CANADA CANADIAN FICTION
Cover description
As New
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
As New
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

". the story of one woman's life, a truly sensuous novel which reflects and illuminates the unsettles decades of our century. Born in 1905 Daisy Goodwill drifts through the chapters of childhood, marriage, widowhood, remarriage, motherhood and old age. Bewildered by her inability to understand her own place in her own life, Daisy attempts to find a way to tell her story within a novel that is itself about the limitations of autobiography." Winner of multiple literary prizes : Governor General's Award, Canada ; Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. (USA) and nominated for the Booker Prize (UK). 367p. plates.Crisp unmarked copy