Tales for an Unknown CityMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 1992 - 280 من الصفحات 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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Prologue | 3 |
The Hosts Tale | 9 |
A Death Is Indicated | 23 |
The Tale of Uncle Dan | 29 |
Ukrainian Fish Stories | 40 |
Nestled on the Edge | 49 |
Laura and the Lilies | 68 |
The Porcupine | 78 |
J Percy Cockatoo | 156 |
Lord of the Deep | 166 |
The Singular Sister | 174 |
Schlange Hausfreund Snake Housefriend | 184 |
The Peasants Tale | 196 |
The Tale of Crooker | 203 |
Tam Lin | 217 |
The Story of Rose Latulippe | 223 |
The New Legend of Sam Peppard | 91 |
Andreuccio da Perugia | 116 |
translated from Boccaccio by Mariella Bertelli | 123 |
If Not Higher | 132 |
Is It True? | 138 |
A Miracle on Friday | 236 |
Such a Land Does Not Exist | 254 |
The Sphinx and the Way to Thebes | 260 |
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Andreuccio Aschenpöttel asked Baba Tsganka bagels beautiful began bird brothers called cards carp Chelm Cool Papa Bell cried danced dark Death door dream dun horse eyes father fear fish and chips flame child Friday Furmanovsky girl grew hand happened head hear heard heart Hodja Inuit Inuktitut Ivan the Fool Janet Josh Gibson Judge Bao Juggler kids knew kugel land Latulippe laughed listened Litvak lived looked Makonde marry Martha Moishe-Leib monsieur morning mother Mullah Nanabush Nasrudin never night once Oskaloosa Pitlochry porcupine Porki pulled rebbe river Rose singing sister snake stood stopped story storytelling tale Tam Lin tell things thought Tituba told took Towdy town tree Tsarevna turned uncle village voice waiting walked watched wife Willie Johnstone wind wagon witch woman wonderful young