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  • The Feasting Dead

    by John Metcalfe ...
    'A writer of subtle, finely crafted supernatural tales.' - T.E.D. Klein'[H]is stories . . . build up a unique sense of unease.' - Brian Stableford'[T]ense, cryptic . . . brooding supernaturalism . . . unjustly forgotten.' - E. F. BleilerSomething is wrong with Colonel Habgood's young son Denis. Some mysterious force seems to be sapping his physical health, and his behaviour has become oddly ... Read more

    $4.39 USD

  • Dividing the Great

    by John Metcalfe ...
    Kindle bestseller in US TravelThe Great Divide is America's premier long distance mountain bike route. It is the longest unbroken mountain bike route in the world and was included in National Geographic's list of the 50 most amazing places on earth. The route makes its way 2500 miles from Canada to Mexico as it crisscrosses the Continental Divide.Metcalfe and his riding buddy JK are mountain ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Canadian Short Story

    by John Metcalf ...
    No other person has done more to celebrate and encourage the short story in Canada than John Metcalf. For more than five decades he has worked tirelessly as editor, anthologist, writer, critic, and teacher to help shape our understanding of the form and what it can do. The long-time editor of the yearly Best Canadian Stories anthology, as well as a fiction editor at some of the pre-eminent ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The life of John Metcalf commonly called Blind Jack of Knaresborough

    by John Metcalf ...
    The narrative begins with Metcalf's early life in Knaresborough, England, where he adapted to his blindness with remarkable determination. Despite his disability, Metcalf led an active childhood, excelling in physical activities like swimming, horse riding, and playing the violin. He later found work as a musician and adventurer, but it was his work as a civil engineer that earned him lasting fame ... Read more

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  • Temerity & Gall

    by John Metcalf ...
    “[Metcalf’s] talent is generous, hectoring, huge, and remarkable.”—Washington PostIn Temerity & Gall, Metcalf looks back on a lifetime spent in letters; surveys, with no punches pulled, the current state of CanLit; and offers a passionate defense of the promise and potential of Canadian writing.In a 1983 editorial letter to the Globe and Mail, celebrated Canadian novelist W.P. Kinsella railed that ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Life of John Metcalf, Commonly Called Blind Jack of Knaresborough

    Anecdotes of his exploits in hunting, card-playing, during the expedition against the rebels in 1745

    by John Metcalf ...
    In "The Life of John Metcalf, Commonly Called Blind Jack of Knaresborough," John Metcalf masterfully intertwines autobiography and biography, offering a vivid account of his remarkable journey through a world largely shaped by his blindness. Written in an engaging, accessible style, Metcalf'Äôs narrative reflects the resilience of the human spirit, capturing both the travails and triumphs of his ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Praesagium

    by John Metcalfe ...
    It’s always easy to trace the breadcrumb trail backwards and note the causes retrospectively, but what if you could see the signs beforehand? What if you could filter out the noise? Could you tune into weak signals and know the future? Lee believed you could. What’s more he was proving it could be done in some of the most unpredictable environments. Praesagium follows three strangers who are ... Read more

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  • Going Down Slow

    by John Metcalf ...
    First published in 1972, Going Down Slow is an intense and very funny novel about one mans attempt to maintain his sanity, and his sense of humour, in the face of mounting odds. Metcalf's young hero, David Appleby, a young school teacher just over from Britain, is pitted against small-mindedness, prejudice, and temptations that are generations old. The writing is, as one would expect of anything ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Museum at the End of the World

    by John Metcalf ...
    Set in Nashville, Memphis, New Orleans, and Ottawa, Ontario, the stories in The Museum at the End of the World span the life of writer Robert Ford and his wife Sheila. Playing with various forms of comedy throughout, author John Metcalf paints a portrait of 20th century literary life with levity, satire, and unsuspecting moments of emotional depth. ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • An Aesthetic Underground

    A Literary Memoir

    by John Metcalf ...
    Series series Biblioasis Renditions Series
    "John Metcalf has written some of the very best stories ever published in this country."—Alice MunroThe Argus-eyed editor; the magisterial prose stylist; the waggish, inflammatory cultural critic; the mentor and iconoclast. John Metcalf is a literary legend whose memoir maps the underground he labored tirelessly to establish. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Shut Up He Explained

    by John Metcalf ...
    John Metcalf's Shut Up He Explained defies expectations and strict definition. Part memoir, part travelogue, part criticism -- wholly Metcalf -- it is thoughtful, engaged, contentious and often very funny. It offers a full does of Metcalfian wisdom and wit, and provides ample evidence that neither age nor indifference nor attack have withered him: he remains as sharp, critical, constructive and ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Vital Signs

    The Collected Novellas

    by John Metcalf ...
    Vital Signs brings together the collected novellas by a modern master of the form, by a writer who Alice Munro has said "often comes as close to the baffling comedy of human experience as a writer can get." Elegant, wry, compassionate and mischievous, Vital Signs will pierce both funny bone and heart. ... Read more

    $14.99 USD