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1984 book by Timothy Findley
Dinner Along the Amazon
First edition cover
AuthorTimothy Findley
PublisherPenguin Canada
Publication dateFebruary 7, 1984
ISBN978-0-140-07304-1

Dinner Along the Amazon is a 1984 short story collection by Canadian writer Timothy Findley, first published by Penguin Canada.

The title story was adapted into a short film in 1996, which starred Arsinée Khanjian and Dan Lett, directed by Patrick Sisam.

Stories

  • "Lemonade"
  • "War"
  • "About Effie"
  • "Sometime - Later - Not Now"
  • "What Mrs. Felton Knew"
  • "The People on the Shore"
  • "Hello Cheeverland, Goodbye"
  • "Losers, Finders, Strangers at the Door"
  • "The Book of Pins"
  • "Daybreak at Pisa"
  • "Out of the Silence"
  • "Dinner Along the Amazon"

References

  1. Hartman, Matt. "Dinner along the Amazon". Canadian Book Review Annual Online. Archived from the original on June 30, 2024. Retrieved June 29, 2024.
  2. "Dinner Along the Amazon by Timothy Findley". Publishers Weekly. November 1, 1985. Archived from the original on June 30, 2024. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
  3. Murray, Don (1988). "Seeing and Surviving in Timothy Findley's Short Stories". Studies in Canadian Literature. 13 (2): 200–222. Archived from the original on June 30, 2024.
  4. Atherton, Tony (August 24, 1996). "Independent films a Global commitment: [FINAL Edition]". The Ottawa Citizen. pp. E5. ProQuest 240040851. Retrieved June 29, 2024. Arsinee Khanjian, a regular in Atom Egoyan's films, plays Olivia, a 38-year-old woman in an imperfect marriage who discovers she's pregnant. Dan Lett is her husband, Michael, a man who know his marriage is in trouble, but not how to fix it. The film is artfully directed by producer Patrick Sisam, who co-wrote the script with Rick Vellu.
Works by Timothy Findley
Novels
Short fiction
collections
Drama
Documentary films
Non-fiction


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