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The Office Tower Tales

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  • Publisher:
    The University of Alberta Press, 2012
    Note: This book was purchased with support from the Government of Canada's Social Development Partnerships Program - Disability Component.

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  • Author: Major, Alice
    Date:
    Created
    2012
    Summary:

    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.

    Genre:
    Subject(s): Women clerks | Offices
    Original Publisher: Edmonton, The University of Alberta Press
    Language(s): English