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Matt Cohen (1942–1999)

Autor/a de Elizabeth and After

47+ obres 916 Membres 22 Ressenyes 3 preferits

Sobre l'autor

Matt Cohen was born in Kingston, Ontario. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Toronto. He taught political philosophy at McMaster University in the late 60's. Between 1969 and 1999, he published more than 20 books, including novels, short stories, poetry and two mostra'n més books for children, which won him the Toronto Arts Award. He was a two-time winner of the National Magazine Award for short fiction and a recipient of the John Glassco Translation Prize. Matt Cohen was writer-in-residence at several Canadian universities and was a visiting professor at the University of Bologna in Italy in 1985. He taught a number of writers’ workshops and was a founding member of the Writer’s Union of Canada, where he serv Matt Cohen passed away on December 2, 1999, from lung cancer. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys

Inclou el nom: Teddy Jam

Nota de desambiguació:

(eng) Cohen published a number of children's books under the pseudonym Teddy Jam. Cohen's authorship of the Teddy Jam books was not revealed until after his death.

Crèdit de la imatge: Cover of "Matt Cohen and His Works"

Obres de Matt Cohen

Elizabeth and After (1999) 233 exemplars
Night Cars (1987) 81 exemplars
The Spanish Doctor (1984) 75 exemplars
Last Seen (1996) 53 exemplars
The Bookseller (1998) 42 exemplars
The Disinherited (1974) 34 exemplars
The Year of Fire (1992) 29 exemplars
Emotional Arithmetic: A Novel (1990) — Autor — 28 exemplars
Typing (2000) 26 exemplars
Getting Lucky (2000) 22 exemplars
Nadine (1986) 20 exemplars
Cafe Le Dog (Short Fiction) (1983) 19 exemplars
Flowers of Darkness (1981) 15 exemplars
Doctor Kiss Says Yes (1991) 11 exemplars
ttuM (Charlotte Novels) (1999) 11 exemplars
The Charlotte Stories (1994) 10 exemplars
The Fishing Summer (1997) 10 exemplars
Johnny Crackle sings (1971) 10 exemplars
Colours of War (1977) 10 exemplars
The Kid Line (2001) 9 exemplars
Wooden Hunters (1975) 9 exemplars
The Stoneboat (1999) 8 exemplars
How We Were (2008) 7 exemplars
Autumn Hearts [2007 film] (2007) — Original book — 7 exemplars
Too bad Galahad (1972) 7 exemplars
Freud: The Paris Notebooks (1991) 6 exemplars
Living On Water (1989) 6 exemplars
Lives of the Mind Slaves (1994) 5 exemplars
Jacob's Best Sisters (Stella) (1996) 5 exemplars
This New Baby (1998) 5 exemplars
The story so far/2 (1973) 2 exemplars
The Leaves of Louise (1978) 1 exemplars
The colors of war (1977) 1 exemplars

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From Ink Lake: Canadian Stories (1990) — Col·laborador — 128 exemplars
The Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories in English (1986) — Col·laborador — 111 exemplars
The New Oxford Book of Canadian Short Stories (1986) — Col·laborador — 73 exemplars
Here I Am: Contemporary Jewish Stories from Around the World (1998) — Col·laborador — 49 exemplars
Ground Works: Avante-Garde for Thee (2002) — Col·laborador — 35 exemplars
Invisible Man at the Window (1993)algunes edicions31 exemplars
Book History (Volume 5) (2002) — Col·laborador — 15 exemplars
The Penguin Book of Modern Canadian Short Stories (1982) — Col·laborador — 12 exemplars
Book History (Volume 11) (2008) — Col·laborador — 5 exemplars
Holiday Date [2019 TV movie] (2019) 1 exemplars

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It has a slow unassuming start. Nothing spectacular, no real sense of plot, just a lot of characters in a small Ontario town. The people seem typical. Yet as the story unwinds, the intricacies of their woven lives becomes more than what first appeared. The back and forth (present and past) of the story is actually very artfully done so that you feel like you have been told everything but then you might learn a little more. There is no melodrama, nothing suspenseful, yet the plot builds as it weaves and unwinds. Nothing extraordinary but still very enjoyable.… (més)
 
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Membres
916
Popularitat
#28,000
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½ 3.5
Ressenyes
22
ISBN
149
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4
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