Tales for an Unknown City

Tales for an Unknown City
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Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages : 290
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ISBN-10 : 0773509534
ISBN-13 : 9780773509535
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Book Synopsis Tales for an Unknown City by : Dan Yashinsky

Download or read book Tales for an Unknown City written by Dan Yashinsky and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1992 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tales for an Unknown City is a vibrant selection of almost fifty stories from among the many told at One Thousand and One Friday Nights of Storytelling, a weekly open gathering in Toronto begun by Dan Yashinsky in 1978 and still going strong. There are tales from Canada and many other parts of the world; each followed by a brief word from the teller, giving us the flavour of the "Friday Nights."


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