{"product_id":"9780776622064","title":"The WORLDS OF CAROL SHIELDS","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Carol was a very fine writer and a remarkable human being, a wonderful person whose work I closely followed for more than 20 years. I interviewed her frequently over those years, with virtually every work she produced —novel, radio drama, play, book of stories. So I had a good sense of the span of her work and also her evolution as a stylist. But the key reason I wanted to make a book focusing on her life and work is that we were friends.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Eleanor Wachtel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book strikes the right balance between intimate accounts and literary analysis. It opens with reminiscences by close friend Eleanor Wachtel, which are followed by a study of Shields’ poetry by her daughter and grandson, then by various aspects of her fiction, including a detailed examination of her plays. It closes with reminiscences by four close friends: Jane Urquhart, Joan Clark, Wayson Choy and Martin Levin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 23 contributors offer new insights, new theories, and new perspectives about Shields’ illuminating career. Only one piece—her obituary written by Margaret Atwood—has been previously published.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Ottawa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47007410880752,"sku":"9780776622064","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780776622064_p0.jpg?v=1763660437","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780776622064","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}