World Literature Today, January 1st, 2002
New York. Norton. 2001. v + 434 pages $25.95. ISBN 0-393-05035-1
SOME SENSE of the precise restraint Alistair MacLeod practices in his fiction can be gleaned from the title of this splendid collection and from the fact that the sixteen stories comprising his complete short fiction have been published over the course of thirty years. Set primarily in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, these stories address the islands people inhabit as well as the often hauntingly lonesome lives people lead even amid tight-knit families and small communities. The stories draw continuously upon oral history and exhibi...
HighBeam Research, Free Preview: 'Alistair MacLeod: Island: The Complete Stories.'... Full Membership required for unlimited access. Free 7-day trial.
Subscribers: HighBeam content is only available to HighBeam subscribers. Click the link above for more information.
