| Description |
160 pages ; 21 cm |
| Series |
Anansi fiction series ; AF40 |
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Anansi fiction series ; AF40
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| Contents |
The nun who returned to Ireland -- The shoemaker -- Idiot death -- The machine for detecting everything that's American -- The day I became an apostate -- The month of the dead -- Son of a smaller hero -- Pierrette's bumps -- When the taxes split the roof -- The hockey sweater -- Foxes need fresh water -- A great hunter -- What language do bears speak? -- Industry in our village -- Perhaps the trees do travel -- The good people and the bad people -- Do medals float on the ocean? -- Grandfather's fear -- The sorcerer -- A secret lost in the water |
| Summary |
The Hockey Sweater, the title story in this 20-story collection, has become an enduring classic: a Quebec boy and Habs fan is shipped a Toronto Maple Leafs sweater by mistake. It encapsulates everything you need to understand French and English Canada, told with humour and love |
| Notes |
"Anansi fiction series, AF 40"--Can. CIP |
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Translation of: Les enfants du bonhomme dans la lune |
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Translated from the French |
| Subject |
French-Canadians -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
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Short stories, French-Canadian -- Translations into English.
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| SUBJECT |
Canada -- Social life and customs -- Fiction.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100389
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Author |
Fischman, Sheila.
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| LC no. |
80151118 |
| ISBN |
0887840787 (paperback) |
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