Dinner Along the Amazon

Dinner Along the Amazon
First edition cover
AuthorTimothy Findley
PublisherPenguin Canada
Publication date
February 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.[1][2][3]

The title story was adapted into a short film in 1996, which starred Arsinée Khanjian and Dan Lett, directed by Patrick Sisam.[4]

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.


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