Island
Island is the collected short fiction of the Canadian writer Alistair MacLeod, first published in Canada by McClelland & Stewart in 2000. It joins the 14 stories of The Lost Salt Gift of Blood (1976) and As Birds Bring Forth the Sun (1986) with two new ones. Cape Breton Island anchors the stories.
- Editions tracked
- 3
- First edition
- McClelland & Stewart, 2000
- First published
- McClelland & Stewart, Canada, 2000
The first edition of Island by Alistair MacLeod was published in Toronto by McClelland & Stewart in 2000. We track 3 editions.
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Later and other editions
- Thistledown Press1989 Hardback I own Island, Thistledown Press 1989 Log in to want this
- Jonathan Cape2001 Other I own Island, Jonathan Cape 2001 Log in to want this
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Who published the first edition of Island?
The first edition of Island by Alistair MacLeod was published in Toronto by McClelland & Stewart in 2000.
How many editions of Island are there?
We track 3 editions of Island, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Where these facts come from
- Island: The Complete Stories, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Alistair MacLeod, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
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