Priscila Uppal

• Sep-2002
• / General Fiction
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"A luminous debut . . . Haunting, gripping, and surprisingly nuanced . . . A work of great depth and seriousness." -- Kirkus Reviews When Sister Angela receives an anonymous package containing an ornate silver candlestick, an object she hasn't seen i...

• Jan-2009
• / General Fiction
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Hardev Dange is suffering through a tumultuous year. He's just been informed that the bank is going to foreclose on his house. His fickle daughter Birendra is on the verge of marriage, his son Emile is studying curses (while falling in love with a fe...

• Feb-2015
• / General Fiction
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This short story is taken from the collection Cover Before Striking. The most common phrase in print is “cover before striking,” a warning to those about to innocently strike a match to be careful not to burn their fingers. Uppal's characters in ...

• Oct-2015
• / General Fiction
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6 Essential Questions tells the story of Renata as she travels to Brazil to reunite with the mother who abandoned her when she was just five years old. In Rio, Renata discovers more than she bargained for in her quest to uncover the truth of who aban...

• Feb-2017
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This short story is taken from the collection Cover Before Striking. The most common phrase in print is ''cover before striking,'' a warning to those about to innocently strike a match to be careful not to burn their fingers. Uppal's characters in Co...

• Aug-2017
• / General Fiction
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Priscila Uppal's characters in Cover Before Striking are all people pushing their lives to new levels of intensity, danger, or passion as they test their limits and those of the world. This is a story from that collection. ...

• Oct-2017
• / General Fiction
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This short story is taken from the collection Cover Before Striking. The most common phrase in print is ''cover before striking,'' a warning to those about to innocently strike a match to be careful not to burn their fingers. Uppal's characters in Co...

• Aug-2018
• / General Fiction
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An impressive assemblage of Canada's best literary voices tells their stories about the wild and fascinating world of sports in this notable anthology. The 26 remarkable Canadian short stories written by authors such as Bar...