The Old World and Other Stories

These thirty-five brief stories — and the found photographs that inspired them — are by turns realistic and surreal, bloody and tender, delightful and appalling. Award-winning author Cary Fagan has created a mesmerizing series of narrative tales, giving readers a vivid peek into lives of strangers.A man hangs onto a runaway horse. A woman paints in the nude. A shop window advertising a sale on blankets hides much more behind it. A lone tombstone on a hill speaks of a years-lo
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Release dateMarch 17th 2017
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHouse of Anansi Press Inc
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  • The EPUB conforms with the requirements of EPUB Accessibility Spec 1.0 and WCAG level AA. The compliance report is available here.
  • The EPUB contains a table of contents allowing readers to navigate throughout the entire book.
  • The EPUB contains information on the language of the text to optimise text-to-speech.
  • The EPUB contains short descriptions of non-textual elements such as images and videos.
  • The EPUB is arranged in a logical reading order.
  • This is what the publisher says about the accessibility of the EPUB: This publication conforms to WCAG 2.0 Level AA.
  • The EPUB uses sharp colour contrasts for the headings and body text.
  • The EPUB allows readers to easily navigate from one section to another without returning to the table of contents.
  • Questions about the accessibility of the EPUB can be sent to the publisher at the following address: [email protected]
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The version EPUB

The publisher provided the following information regarding the accessibility of EPUB :

  • The EPUB conforms with the requirements of EPUB Accessibility Spec 1.0 and WCAG level AA. The compliance report is available here.
  • The EPUB contains a table of contents allowing readers to navigate throughout the entire book.
  • The EPUB contains information on the language of the text to optimise text-to-speech.
  • The EPUB contains short descriptions of non-textual elements such as images and videos.
  • The EPUB is arranged in a logical reading order.
  • This is what the publisher says about the accessibility of the EPUB: This publication conforms to WCAG 2.0 Level AA.
  • The EPUB uses sharp colour contrasts for the headings and body text.
  • The EPUB allows readers to easily navigate from one section to another without returning to the table of contents.
  • Questions about the accessibility of the EPUB can be sent to the publisher at the following address: [email protected]
  • The EPUB contains references to the page numbering of an equivalent printed product.