Carol Shields

In cerca di Daisy è un romanzo di Carol Shields del 1993. In Italia è stato pubblicato anche con il titolo Diari di pietra. Il romanzo d è stato finalista al Booker Prize del 1993 ed ha vinto il Premio Pulitzer per la narrativa nel 1995. È l'autobiografia fittizia di Daisy Goodwill Flett, in apparenza una donna …

A meno che è l'ultimo romanzo di Carol Shields pubblicato nel 2002. Il romanzo è stato finalista al Booker Prize del 2002 e all'Orange Prize del 2003. Il romanzo è narrato in prima persona dalla scrittrice e traduttrice quarantenne Reta Winters. Il libro si svolge come una serie lineare di riflessioni di Reta che …

Larry's Party is a 1997 novel by Carol Shields. The novel examines the life of Larry Weller, an "ordinary man made extraordinary" by his unique talent for creating labyrinths. Shields' profound insights into human nature transform Larry from an ordinary, average man into a figure of universal humanity. The novel won …

Two novels in one, Happenstance tells the story of a marriage from the individual perspectives of a husband and wife at a turning point in their relationshipWhen we meet Brenda Bowman in “The Wife’s Story,” the forty-year-old mother of two is preparing to fly to Philadelphia to attend a craft convention that will …

Swann: A Mystery is a novel by the late Carol Shields which details the impact of an obscure Canadian poet, Mary Swann, upon four individuals: a feminist literary critic, the poet's biographer, a small-town librarian, and a crusty, brilliant newspaper editor. The book is divided into five sections, the first four each …

Dressing Up for the Carnival is a short story collection published in 2000 by Canadian author Carol Shields, which depicts 12 characters who live their lives through illusions. The Carnival is a metaphor for life, and "dressing up" represents the stigmas each of the characters try to fit into.