194:"Stones" tells the story of a man who volunteered for WWII, and while he had been much loved by his family before the war, when he returns home afterward he is no longer the same person, quick to violence and vulgar tones, a stark contrast to the way he had behaved before. It turns out that at the raid of Dieppe in WWII, upon seeing the futility of the battle, the patriarch of the narrative falls back, and is eventually dishonourably discharged from military service. At the end of the narrative, the patriarch who had lived apart from his family after having tried to kill his own wife, dies and the youngest son, who is the first-person narrator of the story, brings the ashes of his father to Dieppe and spreads them across stones which had neutralized the tanks and lead to a slaughter of the Canadian forces in WWII.
175:"The Sky" details the life of a Kafkaesque protagonist (Morrison) who throughout the day witnesses random items fall from the sky (which he calls sky bolts), whilst considering issues in his life (one such issue is the affair he believes his wife and his brother are having, which he believes is best left unchecked). Morrison, who frequently attends symphony performances and falls in love from a distance with a redheaded performer in his youth. The story goes back into Morrison’s personal narrative and details how he met his wife, who being redheaded herself reminded Morrison of the woman he loved from afar. Upon the narrative's return to the present tense, Morrison causes a scene at the symphony, then returns home and unhappy with his life, he sits on the steps of his house drinking and crying.
178:"Dreams" details the lives of pair of psychiatrists who are married to each other. The husband handles schizophrenics, and the wife treats autistic children. Both are working with very troubled cases throughout the narrative. The wife witnesses the death of a child who she had come to care about, and the husband has been losing sleep because he has been having nightmares about his patient killing people. At his hospital, his patient has been waking up covered in blood, but there is no source for the blood, and the husband begins losing sleep, worried that his dreams are giving his patient a medium in which to cause harm to others. After the patient dies, the doctor wakes up covered in blood, and his wife agrees to wait with her husband in the bathroom ‘until they both wake up’.
164:"A Gift of Mercy: details how the couple met. Minna, working in a diner on Queen Street, saw Bragg walk into the diner in which she worked and is refused use of the telephone by the propitiator of the diner. Minna follows Bragg out of the diner and introduces herself. The two move from Queen Street, a decision made by Bragg who wanted to remove Minna from the influences of the area, but Minna still frequents the area and one evening brings a homeless woman home. Bragg is furious and eventually throws the woman out. Though the couple had been sleeping in separate beds at this point in their marriage, after Bragg returns the homeless lady to her dwelling on Queen Street, he brings home a man he picked up at a bar.
188:. In it, it tells of Bud’s reluctance to work and the relationship he has with a woman named Kate. In "Real Life Writes Real Bad", Bud’s partner Kate dies of cancer, and Bud, rather than dealing with the tragedy, chooses to believe that his wife has abandoned him and refuses to believe that she has died. Bud becomes even more reclusive and ends up starving himself to near death. He spends the rest of his days in hospital care and has little or no memory or awareness of what is going on around him. The narrative tone, though still first-person, is very much different from the first story.
22:
191:"Alymeyer’s Mother" tells the story of a woman who has kept her personal family history a secret. Her father had left their mother after their two sons both died in a car accidents and took on a new relationship with a girl the same age as herself. She wonders to her son what would have happened to her had her father not found another girl of her age.
161:
mental disabilities. Minna, after having left Bragg and moving to
Australia in search of a family to take care of their child, dies at a very young age, and Bragg travels across the Pacific Ocean to pick up her ashes and then spreads across the lands of the Ku-ring-gai (an indigenous people native to Australia).
171:
to examine some masks acquired from Japan which were used in an ancient play and depicted the transformation of fox into a human. The professor actually tries the masks on and on his way out, one of the employees offers him polite goodbye, which
Glandenning practically ignores. On his way out, the
160:
The first two stories, "Bragg and Minna" and "A Gift of Mercy" both detail the marriage of a homosexual (or perhaps bisexual) man named Bragg and his wife Minna. In "Bragg and Minna", the two have a child (though Bragg is opposed to the idea), and it is born with six digits on each extremity and
127:
181:
In the stories, "The Name’s the Same" and "Real Life Writes Real Bad" both tell the story of two brothers, Bud, and the first-person narrator Neil. In the first story Neil takes on a voice that seems very much to be a homage to Holden
Caulfield, protagonist of
172:
employee asks one of her fellow employees if she smells something, to which she replies “dog”, hinting that there is some sort of actual transformation taking place in
Glandenning.
530:
43:
94:
66:
218:
73:
80:
540:
535:
62:
113:
51:
507:
466:
47:
211:
381:
243:
87:
297:
397:
167:
In the story "Foxes", a
Professor Glandenning, who is a reclusive communications expert who visits the
265:
273:
204:
32:
340:
311:
36:
389:
184:
411:
168:
8:
427:
281:
499:
289:
154:
373:
419:
228:
146:
524:
441:
150:
196:
474:
142:
319:
21:
257:
126:
522:
212:
226:
50:. Unsourced material may be challenged and
531:Short story collections by Timothy Findley
219:
205:
114:Learn how and when to remove this message
125:
523:
200:
63:"Stones" short story collection
48:adding citations to reliable sources
15:
13:
14:
552:
20:
508:Journeyman: Travels of a Writer
1:
541:LGBT short story collections
536:1988 short story collections
244:The Last of the Crazy People
149:. It was first published by
7:
10:
557:
132:Cover art by Blair Drawson
485:
458:
382:Don't Let the Angels Fall
365:
330:
235:
435:The Trials of Ezra Pound
298:The Piano Man's Daughter
274:Not Wanted on the Voyage
341:Dinner Along the Amazon
390:The Whiteoaks of Jalna
185:The Catcher in the Rye
141:is the second book of
133:
129:
251:The Butterfly Plague
169:Royal Ontario Museum
44:improve this article
428:The Stillborn Lover
405:Can You See Me Yet?
282:The Telling of Lies
500:From Stone Orchard
467:The National Dream
134:
518:
517:
459:Documentary films
266:Famous Last Words
124:
123:
116:
98:
548:
374:The Paper People
221:
214:
207:
198:
197:
119:
112:
108:
105:
99:
97:
56:
24:
16:
556:
555:
551:
550:
549:
547:
546:
545:
521:
520:
519:
514:
481:
454:
361:
332:
326:
231:
229:Timothy Findley
225:
147:Timothy Findley
131:
120:
109:
103:
100:
57:
55:
41:
25:
12:
11:
5:
554:
544:
543:
538:
533:
516:
515:
513:
512:
504:
496:
489:
487:
483:
482:
480:
479:
471:
462:
460:
456:
455:
453:
452:
446:
438:
432:
424:
416:
408:
402:
394:
386:
378:
369:
367:
363:
362:
360:
359:
353:
345:
336:
334:
328:
327:
325:
324:
316:
308:
302:
294:
286:
278:
270:
262:
254:
248:
239:
237:
233:
232:
224:
223:
216:
209:
201:
122:
121:
28:
26:
19:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
553:
542:
539:
537:
534:
532:
529:
528:
526:
510:
509:
505:
502:
501:
497:
494:
493:Inside Memory
491:
490:
488:
484:
477:
476:
472:
469:
468:
464:
463:
461:
457:
450:
447:
444:
443:
442:Elizabeth Rex
439:
436:
433:
430:
429:
425:
422:
421:
417:
414:
413:
409:
406:
403:
400:
399:
398:The Newcomers
395:
392:
391:
387:
384:
383:
379:
376:
375:
371:
370:
368:
364:
357:
354:
351:
350:
346:
343:
342:
338:
337:
335:
331:Short fiction
329:
322:
321:
317:
314:
313:
309:
306:
305:You Went Away
303:
300:
299:
295:
292:
291:
287:
284:
283:
279:
276:
275:
271:
268:
267:
263:
260:
259:
255:
252:
249:
246:
245:
241:
240:
238:
234:
230:
222:
217:
215:
210:
208:
203:
202:
199:
195:
192:
189:
187:
186:
179:
176:
173:
170:
165:
162:
158:
156:
152:
151:Viking Canada
148:
144:
143:short stories
140:
139:
130:First edition
128:
118:
115:
107:
104:December 2009
96:
93:
89:
86:
82:
79:
75:
72:
68:
65: –
64:
60:
59:Find sources:
53:
49:
45:
39:
38:
34:
29:This article
27:
23:
18:
17:
506:
498:
492:
473:
465:
448:
440:
434:
426:
418:
410:
404:
396:
388:
380:
372:
356:Dust to Dust
355:
348:
347:
339:
318:
310:
304:
296:
288:
280:
272:
264:
256:
250:
242:
193:
190:
183:
180:
177:
174:
166:
163:
159:
137:
136:
135:
110:
101:
91:
84:
77:
70:
58:
42:Please help
30:
486:Non-fiction
475:Dieppe 1942
333:collections
525:Categories
290:Headhunter
74:newspapers
320:Spadework
227:Works by
31:does not
420:The Wars
412:Catsplay
258:The Wars
449:Shadows
312:Pilgrim
88:scholar
52:removed
37:sources
511:(2003)
503:(1998)
495:(1990)
478:(1979)
470:(1974)
451:(2001)
445:(2001)
437:(2000)
431:(1993)
423:(1983)
415:(1978)
407:(1977)
401:(1977)
393:(1972)
385:(1969)
377:(1967)
358:(1997)
352:(1988)
349:Stones
344:(1984)
323:(2001)
315:(1999)
307:(1996)
301:(1995)
293:(1993)
285:(1986)
277:(1984)
269:(1981)
261:(1977)
253:(1969)
247:(1967)
236:Novels
138:Stones
90:
83:
76:
69:
61:
366:Drama
95:JSTOR
81:books
155:1988
67:news
35:any
33:cite
153:in
145:by
46:by
527::
157:.
220:e
213:t
206:v
117:)
111:(
106:)
102:(
92:·
85:·
78:·
71:·
54:.
40:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
