Things as they Are? [Import] [Paperback]

Guy Vanderhaeghe (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 262 pages
• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart (1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0771086989
• ISBN-13: 978-0771086984
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,399,917 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Saskatchewaners, February 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Things As They Are? (Hardcover)

Guy Vanderhaeghe's short stories are better than his novels, and this collection is the best of them. Quiet as a shady grove, this collection follows on Sinclair Ross' tone, and is marginally less depressing.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Captivating stories, October 16, 2004

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Book Club Mum "Book Club Raver" (Toronto, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Things as they Are? (Paperback)

Guy Vanderhaege's characters voices live on in my head after reading this book. I still chuckle at the heated conversation between an old, proud man and a young punk wearing the fashion of the pants hanging down.
Each story captures the drama and the pain of life, from youth to old age. Guy knows how to buid up the scene and then break your heart with such bitter sweetness.
One minute you are laughing and the next you are holding your breath at the pain or pathos.
There are brilliant descriptions. My favourite was of the teacher who looked like Sitting Bull with a perm.
I did not want to finish reading such a crafted collection.