Carol Shields
The Stone Diaries
Viking/Penguin; international bestseller and winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
"Reminds us again why literature matters"
-- New York Times Book Review
Unless
Fourth Estate/Harper; international bestseller; a New York Times Notable Book; shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize
"Shields' ability to use Reta's darkest fears to reveal the order lurking in chaos, without ever losing her light touch . . . is nothing short of astonishing."
-- The New Yorker
Larry's Party
Viking/Penguin; international bestseller; winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction; a New York Times Notable book; named one of the best books of the year by Publishers Weekly, San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune and Detroit Free Press
"Beguiling. . . a work of radiance. . . Larry's Party confirms Shields' preeminent position among contemporary novelists."
-- The Philadelphia Inquirer
Swann
Viking/Penguin
"Well-drawn characters, expert writing, and silky malice are combined in this exceptionally satisfying work."
-- The Atlantic
Happenstance
Viking/Penguin
"a tour de force. . . . As Shields handily demonstrates here, a marriage is the culmination of a million tiny moments, and she strings them together with intense cumulative power."
-- Publishers Weekly (boxed review)
A Box Garden
Viking/Penguin
"Carol Shields has a remarkable eye for the pockets of time and light held within the most extraordinary milieu."
-- The Boston Sunday Globe
The Republic of Love
Viking/Penguin
"Ah, heaven: unabashed love at first sight, with a high I.Q. . . . a touching, elegantly funny, luscious work of fiction."
-- New York Times Book Review
The Orange Fish
Viking/Penguin
"Infused with a sly humor, these poignant stories revel in the ordinary, with a few side trips towards the sublime."
-- The Washington Post Book World
Small Ceremonies
Viking/Penguin
"If you've ever wondered what it's like to be a writer; this is the book to read."
-- Women's Journal
Dressing Up For the Carnival
Viking/Penguin
"an important work . . . [and] an endlessly levitating entertainment"
-- The Washington Post Book World
Various Miracles
Viking/Penguin
"These stories have given me happiness, not just pleasure. They delight me at first by the clear and simple elegance with which they're made. Then there's something so bountiful and surprising about them, like the beautiful broken light of a prism."
-- Alice Munro