books by Coach House Press     books:     Coach House Press      Concrete Toronto Coach House Press, 2007 In the sixties, architecture fell in love with concrete. Architecture has since shifted its fondness to glass and steel, and concrete buildings have fallen out of favor and into disrepair. But they represent an exciting era of faith in architecture and technical innovation that has yet to be documented. Concrete Toronto acts as a guidebook to ...             Better Than Life Daniel Pennac Coach House Press, 1994 A wonderful read about how wonderful reading is. Thank goodness this book has been reprinted. My copy of the original, then entitled 'Reads Like a Novel', has been through so many pairs of hands that it's falling apart. But I suppose that would be a suitable state for a book that's all about the gift of reading. ...             From the Atelier Tovar: Selected Writings of Guy Maddin Guy Maddin Coach House Press, 2003 A treat for Guy Maddin fans This little book is great--a feast of short pieces from the pen of Canadian surrealist Guy Maddin. We have here film and DVD reviews, articles, screenplays for produced and unproduced short films, journal excerpts and miscellaneous bits, all as funny and eccentric as ...             The Alphabet Game: A bpNichol Reader bpNichol Coach House Press, 2007 bpNichol was one of Canada’s most innovative, eclectic, entertaining, and, yes, enigmatic poets, making startling interventions in the development of poetry and profoundly influencing both his own and subsequent generations of writers. The Alphabet Game: A bpNichol Reader amasses key texts from the very broad spectrum of Nichol’s ...             Eunoia Christian Bok Coach House Press, 2001 Amazing Bok People say this book is a mere literary exercise. I found it profoundly beautiful and moving. It takes the language by the scruff of the vowels and wrings from it melodies and images most poets could not have begun to imagine. Having read it through, twice, I keep it ...             Unreasonable Hours (Passport Books (Series).) Julio Cortazar Coach House Press, 1995 truly jarring stories For this tiny volume of stories, I feel most of all a frequent hunger to reread. This collection provides a fine introduction to Cortazar's writing, for those who do not want to dive into Hopscotch or The Blow-Up without evidence of the author's skill to turn tales. ...             How to Make Love to a Negro Dany Laferriere, David Homel Coach House Press, 1987 PLEASE READ THIS BOOK Funny, witty, honest, philosphical, deep, critical, and daring are some words that descibe "How to make love to a Negro". A friend recommended it to me and I loved it. Basically the book is about two poor Black male Haitian immigrants living in Canada, sleeping with ...             Crystallography Christian Bok Coach House Press, 2003 Best book ever! I am a geology major and I usually tend to avoid poetry, however, this book is quite an exception. This book took the science of geology and the art of poetry and combined them into a masterpiece. This analysis of these two fields of study is incredible and is a ...             Troubled RM Vaughan Coach House Press, 2008 Everyone falls in love with his or her therapist at least a little. But what happens when the therapist not only loves you back but also acts upon it? Troubled is the poetic account of the true story of a patient/psychiatrist relationship gone horribly wrong. With his signature mix of scathing self-analysis and volatile wordplay, RM ...             All My Friends Are Superheroes Andrew Kaufman Coach House Press, 2003 Simply satisfying All My Friends Are Superheroes by Andrew Kaufman is like getting the precise helping of your favourite food the very moment you crave it. An excellent read that holds up over time. I first read it late last year and recently brought it with me on a road trip. Despite ...             Fidget Kenneth Goldsmith Coach House Press, 2001 Publishers Weekly, June 5, 2000 FIDGET KENNETH GOLDSMITH. Coach House (www.chbooks.corn) $15.95 paper (I l2p) ISBN 1-55245-076-7 Publishers Weekly, June 5, 2000 Readers familiar with poet and visual artist Goldsmith's No. 111. 2.7.93-10.20.96, perhaps the most exhaustive and beautiful ...             Stunt Claudia Dey Coach House Press, 2008 Eugenia Ledoux wakes one morning to a note on the kitchen table: “Gone to save the world. Sorry. Yours, Sheb Woolly Ledoux. Asshole.” Eugenia is nine years old, a synaesthesiac and a tightrope walker. She adores her father and his lunatic charms; she loves that he takes her fishing in the middle of the night and calls her Stunt. Sheb ...             The Redemption of the Cannibal Woman and Other Stories: And Other Stories (Passport Books) Marco Denevi Coach House Press, 1993 Hopes and disappointments in the demi-monde of Buenos Aires The title novella and three shorter works translator Alberto Manguel drew from 1970s collections in Spanish of Argentine writer Alberto Denevi's fiction all deal with nearly desperate hopes-a recently orphaned adolescent gay bartender's hope for a patron (who will ...             Exposure: Two Plays Greg MacArthur Coach House Press, 2005 DENVER: So, Jude comes over every now and then. We get to know him. We go through all the German gay pornography we got. Some tapes we watch twice. Jude brings some coke over the odd time and we have a real party. Coke’s easy to get up here. Can’t get a chunk of feta cheese to save your life, but coke – they fly it in, cut it up, ...             Lenny Bruce is Dead Jonathan Goldstein Coach House Press, 2001 perfect I thought this was an absolutely fantastic book. The way Goldstein creates a full characters out of paragraph-length scenes is visionary, and his subject matter is funny, sad, and truthful, without ever giving a damn about a proper plot.          products you might be interested in search for books alphabet, crystallography, redemption, superheroes, troubled, unreasonable      toavi.com    web we recommend A treat for Guy Maddin fans randomly chosen book: Statistics for Management and Economics (with CD-ROM and InfoTrac )