Stone Watermelon
Lois Braun(Author)
Turnstone Press
Published on 16. January 1986
Book
Paperback/Softback
181 pages
978-0-88801-107-7 (ISBN)
Description
These unsentimental, passionate stories of modern rural life were nominated for the 1986 Governor Generals Award. Retired farmers cruise and booze around the countryside; a farm wife contemplates an affair with the hired hand; a cropduster opens the No Place Bar and Grill.... a diamond hard realism and authenticity.Books in Canada
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Language
English
Place of publication
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 217 mm
Width: 153 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
272 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88801-107-7 (9780888011077)
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Person
Lois Braun was born on a grain farm in southern Manitoba and studied at the University of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba. She has been nominated for numerous literary prizes, including the Governor General's Award, the Journey Prize, and the Manitoba Book of the Year Award.