The Office Tower Tales
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The Office Tower Tales

  1. 264 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Office Tower Tales

About this book

In this ambitious long poem, Alice Major exemplifies the redemptive force of story. Through the light-hearted interplay of such literary touchstones as Chaucer, The Thousand and One Nights, and Greek myth, readers meet receptionist Aphrodite, Sheherazad in PR, and Pandora, expectant grandmother from accounting, who gather to share tales during coffee breaks from their male-dominated engineering firm. Literary pilgrims, lovers of narrative and long forms, or fans of Major's past explorations are certain to find redemption here.

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Information

Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9780888645029
Edition
264
eBook ISBN
9780888646378
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Poetry
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Contents
  7. Prologue
  8. The Police Candidate’s Story
  9. Epilogue to the Police Candidate’s Story
  10. Prologue to the Waitress’s Tale
  11. The Waitress’s Tale
  12. Prologue to Bertha’s Story
  13. Bertha’s Story
  14. Prologue to the Office Romeo’s Tale
  15. The Office Romeo’s Tale
  16. Prologue to the Mother’s Story
  17. The Mother’s Story
  18. Prologue to the Father’s Story
  19. The Father’s Story
  20. Prologue to the Tale of the CEO’s Daughter
  21. The Tale of the CEO’s Daughter
  22. Prologue to Augustine’s Story
  23. Augustine’s Story
  24. Epilogue to Augustine’s Story
  25. Prologue to the Tale of Gingerbread Girl
  26. The Tale of Gingerbread Girl
  27. Prologue to “This Great and Complicated Sin”
  28. This Great and Complicated Sin
  29. Prologue to Diane’s Story
  30. Diane’s Story
  31. Prologue to the Divorcée’s Tale
  32. The Divorcée’s Tale
  33. Prologue to the Secretary’s Tale
  34. The Secretary’s Tale
  35. Epilogue to the Secretary’s Tale
  36. Prologue to the Tale of Mrs. Leakey’s Ghost
  37. The Tale of Mrs. Leakey’s Ghost
  38. Prologue to the Explorer’s Story
  39. The Explorer’s Story
  40. Epilogue to the Explorer’s Story
  41. Prologue to the Cab Driver’s Story
  42. The Cab Driver’s Story
  43. Prologue to Sheherazad’s Story
  44. Sheherazad’s Story
  45. Epilogue
  46. Afterword
  47. About The Poet

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