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T H E  M I D D L E  S T O R I E S S H E I L A  H E T I - - - - Packaged in a sturdy goldleaf box ISBN: 0-9719047-2-3 Wildly acclaimed in Canada, this book, published there by Anansi, marks the debut of a remarkable young writer, first published by McSweeney's when she was 23 and living at home with her dad and brother. The Middle Stories is a strikingly original collection of stories, fables, and short brutalities that are alternately heartwarming, cruel, and hilarious. "Heti's stories are apoplectic with wonder. The Middle Stories proves Sheila Heti's undeniable skill as a storyteller; her prose is brilliantly crafted and everything about her stories is surprising and yet rings true." - Hour "Quite unlike anything else being written in this country... The stories are sculpted with a skewed grammar and their charmingly of-kilter cadence is neither totally contemporary nor archaic, possessed of a loopy logic all their own." - National Post Heti's stories continue to raise eyebrows... Completely original and beautifully crafted." - Maclean's