VARIOUS MIRACLES. [Import] [Hardcover]

Carol. Shields (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: 4TH ESTATE.; First British Edition edition (1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1857022491
• ISBN-13: 978-1857022490
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 4.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #939,969 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Short Stories That Feature Small Miracles in Real Time, December 21, 2004

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Herbert Hartnett (Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Various Miracles: Stories (King Penguin) (Mass Market Paperback)

Carol Shields as short story writer lets her imagination ramble and authors a collection that helped her overcome writer's block while working on the novel Swann. She places her characters in a variety of circumstances where they experience those moments when the mirrors of reality align and understanding appears before them. These are not religious miracles, but understanding life, its richness and depth, in real time. Take an hour or two and read Sailors Lost at Sea; Scenes; Fragility; Dolls, Dolls, Dolls, Dolls; and Home. You'll discover Shields's optimism and faith in the ability of everday people to explore and discover.