{"product_id":"9780864923097","title":"Atlantica","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe world has taken notice. From Alistair MacLeod's recent IMPAC literary award, through movies based on the work of David Adams Richards and Sheldon Currie, to the epic television series based on the work of Bernice Morgan, the international community has soundly acknowledged the critical and commercial success of Atlantic writers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtlantica\u003c\/i\u003e is the first major anthology of Atlantic fiction since \u003ci\u003eBest Maritime Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1988 and showcases stories by some of Canada's most exciting authors — established, newly popular, and emerging. Given the regional penchant for storytelling, it's not surprising that the Maritimes and Newfoundland produce a continuous stream of spellbinding writers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmong the stories in \u003ci\u003eAtlantica\u003c\/i\u003e are Anne Simpson's Journey Prize-winning \"Dreaming Snow,\" Carol Bruneau's \"The Tarot Reader,\" \"Batter My Heart\" by Lynn Coady, Bernice Morgan's \"Poems in a Cold Climate\" \"The Train Family\" by Joan Clark, \"Missing Notes\" by David Helwig, \"The Party\" by Herb Curtis and \"Clearances\" by Alistair MacLeod. Readers from \"away\" will recognize Sheldon Currie's hilariously gothic tale \"The Glace Bay Miner's Museum\" as the basis of Helena Bonham Carter's acclaimed movie \u003ci\u003eMargaret's Museum\u003c\/i\u003e. Some stories have been excerpted from novels, including David Adams Richards's \u003ci\u003eThe Bay of Love and Sorrows\u003c\/i\u003e, Wayne Johnston's \u003ci\u003eThe Colony of Unrequited Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e, John Steffler's \u003ci\u003eThe Afterlife of George Cartwright\u003c\/i\u003e, and Donna Morrissey's \u003ci\u003eKit's Law\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRemarkably diverse in age, style, and cultural identity, the writers in this anthology raise a common voice that defines Atlantic Canada. Each with an individual approach to language and writing, they offer a collective view of the east, conscious of tradition but not confined by it. By turns funny, poignant and pensive, the stories in \u003ci\u003eAtlantica\u003c\/i\u003e firmly place eastern Canadian culture on the world map of literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Choyce, Lesley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":46788034494688,"sku":"","price":12.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0330\/3125\/8248\/files\/BNCImageAPI_c943cd0e-1bf5-49c7-ac43-954b1689c406.jpg?v=1734971205","url":"https:\/\/agricola-street-books.myshopify.com\/products\/9780864923097","provider":"Agricola Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}