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Freedom is an unique anthology of short stories by some of the world’s most celebrated writers.
Each acclaimed contributor has taken as his or her inspiration from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR),
which was formulated after the atrocities of World War II and has become the cornerstone of all subsequent
international human rights law. Allison Hoover Bartlett takes us deep inside the world of rare books, and tells the cat-and-mouse story
of two men caught in its allure. Here we meet John Gilkey, an unrepentant, obsessive book thief, and Ken Sanders,
the equally obsessive self-styled "bibliodick," a book-dealer turned amateur detective. While their goals
are at direct odds, both men share a deep passion for books and a fierce tenacity—Gilkey, to steal books;
Sanders, to stop him ($32.00). From one of the most widely admired—and widely read—writers of detective fiction at work today:
a personal, lively, and illuminating exploration of “the human appetite for mystery and mayhem,” and
those writers who have satisfied it. Here is the perfect marriage of author and subject: essential
for every lover of detective fiction (29.95).
As the first collection of literary criticism focussing on Alberta writers, Wild Words
establishes a basis for identifying Alberta fiction, poetry, drama, and nonfiction as valid
subjects of study in their own right. By critically situating and assessing specific Alberta
authors according to genre, this volume continues the work begun with Melnyk's 1999 Literary
History of Alberta ($34.95). |
