The Resource Tiny tales : stories of romance, ambition, kindness, and happiness, by Alexander McCall Smith ; with illustrations by Iain McIntosh
Tiny tales : stories of romance, ambition, kindness, and happiness, by Alexander McCall Smith ; with illustrations by Iain McIntosh
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The item Tiny tales : stories of romance, ambition, kindness, and happiness, by Alexander McCall Smith ; with illustrations by Iain McIntosh represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Portland Public Library.
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- Summary
- "From the beloved author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes a delightful compendium of very short fiction and comics that celebrate the joy and absurdity of the human experience. It is often said that the best things in life come in small packages--anyone in search of proof need look no further than the stories in this collection: brief, utterly engaging tales that offer lasting surprise and delight. From the original Greek financial crisis, when the profligate Gods of Olympus were punished by Odin and the other Norse Gods for their unchecked spending, to a handy unintended benefit of cosmetic surgery; from Pope Ron, the first Australian Pope, who wants nothing more than to live quietly, to a rather droll cat named Stanley, to Good President Wenceslas, benevolent leader of a snowy land: these stories are by turns funny, poignant, and deliciously wicked, each one a gift begging to be unwrapped and enjoyed again and again"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- x, 226 pages
- Note
-
- Subtitle taken from book cover
- Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Polygon Books, an imprint of Birlinn Limited, Edinburgh, in 2020
- Contents
-
- The Pope in the country
- Pope Ron & the book club
- Pope Ron's friend
- Amuse-bouche: Larry Porker & his friends
- Jitan
- Edith van Twist, failed soprano
- Magnus Bjornbirgir, progressive Viking
- The handbag
- Amuse-bouche: children & their parents
- Housemates
- Descent
- What happened three years later
- The mathematician
- Amuse-bouche: life & its pitfalls
- Mr. Nariman Sodawaterwalla meets Leila Commissariat on the eighth floor of the Cricket Hotel, Mumbai
- What happened to Phil Butters in the lift
- Amuse-bouche: Geoff's cat, Stanley
- On the way down
- Clarence Macphail
- Amuse-bouche: life & its further pitfalls
- In the swimming pool
- Sister Angelica
- Boarding-school story
- The cure
- Amuse-bouche: Caesar & the world of Rome
- Four dentists go on holiday
- Harry Brick
- Amuse-bouche: more cats
- At the arachnophobia workshop
- Enlistment
- Lord Lucan, fugitive
- Little Piggish
- By post
- Takahashi Ichiro, passenger-pusher
- Amuse-bouche: romance & relationships
- The first adventure of Pope Ron
- The Pope goes swimming
- You the Pope?
- Isbn
- 9780593316009
- Label
- Tiny tales : stories of romance, ambition, kindness, and happiness
- Title
- Tiny tales
- Title remainder
- stories of romance, ambition, kindness, and happiness
- Statement of responsibility
- by Alexander McCall Smith ; with illustrations by Iain McIntosh
- Subject
-
- Déesses -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- FICTION -- Historical | General
- FICTION -- Humorous | General
- FICTION -- Short Stories (single author)
- Goddesses
- Goddesses -- Fiction
- Gods
- Gods -- Fiction
- Nouvelles
- Short stories
- Short stories
- Short stories
- Short stories
- Short stories
- Surgery, Plastic
- Surgery, Plastic -- Fiction
- short stories
- Chirurgie plastique -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Dieux -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "From the beloved author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes a delightful compendium of very short fiction and comics that celebrate the joy and absurdity of the human experience. It is often said that the best things in life come in small packages--anyone in search of proof need look no further than the stories in this collection: brief, utterly engaging tales that offer lasting surprise and delight. From the original Greek financial crisis, when the profligate Gods of Olympus were punished by Odin and the other Norse Gods for their unchecked spending, to a handy unintended benefit of cosmetic surgery; from Pope Ron, the first Australian Pope, who wants nothing more than to live quietly, to a rather droll cat named Stanley, to Good President Wenceslas, benevolent leader of a snowy land: these stories are by turns funny, poignant, and deliciously wicked, each one a gift begging to be unwrapped and enjoyed again and again"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1948-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McCall Smith, Alexander
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- McIntosh, Iain
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Gods
- Goddesses
- Surgery, Plastic
- Dieux
- Déesses
- Chirurgie plastique
- short stories
- FICTION
- FICTION
- FICTION
- Goddesses
- Gods
- Short stories
- Surgery, Plastic
- Short stories
- Label
- Tiny tales : stories of romance, ambition, kindness, and happiness, by Alexander McCall Smith ; with illustrations by Iain McIntosh
- Note
-
- Subtitle taken from book cover
- Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Polygon Books, an imprint of Birlinn Limited, Edinburgh, in 2020
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- The Pope in the country
- Pope Ron & the book club
- Pope Ron's friend
- Amuse-bouche: Larry Porker & his friends
- Jitan
- Edith van Twist, failed soprano
- Magnus Bjornbirgir, progressive Viking
- The handbag
- Amuse-bouche: children & their parents
- Housemates
- Descent
- What happened three years later
- The mathematician
- Amuse-bouche: life & its pitfalls
- Mr. Nariman Sodawaterwalla meets Leila Commissariat on the eighth floor of the Cricket Hotel, Mumbai
- What happened to Phil Butters in the lift
- Amuse-bouche: Geoff's cat, Stanley
- On the way down
- Clarence Macphail
- Amuse-bouche: life & its further pitfalls
- In the swimming pool
- Sister Angelica
- Boarding-school story
- The cure
- Amuse-bouche: Caesar & the world of Rome
- Four dentists go on holiday
- Harry Brick
- Amuse-bouche: more cats
- At the arachnophobia workshop
- Enlistment
- Lord Lucan, fugitive
- Little Piggish
- By post
- Takahashi Ichiro, passenger-pusher
- Amuse-bouche: romance & relationships
- The first adventure of Pope Ron
- The Pope goes swimming
- You the Pope?
- Control code
- 1184681333
- Dimensions
- 18 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- x, 226 pages
- Isbn
- 9780593316009
- Lccn
- 2020045181
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1184681333
- Label
- Tiny tales : stories of romance, ambition, kindness, and happiness, by Alexander McCall Smith ; with illustrations by Iain McIntosh
- Note
-
- Subtitle taken from book cover
- Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Polygon Books, an imprint of Birlinn Limited, Edinburgh, in 2020
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- The Pope in the country
- Pope Ron & the book club
- Pope Ron's friend
- Amuse-bouche: Larry Porker & his friends
- Jitan
- Edith van Twist, failed soprano
- Magnus Bjornbirgir, progressive Viking
- The handbag
- Amuse-bouche: children & their parents
- Housemates
- Descent
- What happened three years later
- The mathematician
- Amuse-bouche: life & its pitfalls
- Mr. Nariman Sodawaterwalla meets Leila Commissariat on the eighth floor of the Cricket Hotel, Mumbai
- What happened to Phil Butters in the lift
- Amuse-bouche: Geoff's cat, Stanley
- On the way down
- Clarence Macphail
- Amuse-bouche: life & its further pitfalls
- In the swimming pool
- Sister Angelica
- Boarding-school story
- The cure
- Amuse-bouche: Caesar & the world of Rome
- Four dentists go on holiday
- Harry Brick
- Amuse-bouche: more cats
- At the arachnophobia workshop
- Enlistment
- Lord Lucan, fugitive
- Little Piggish
- By post
- Takahashi Ichiro, passenger-pusher
- Amuse-bouche: romance & relationships
- The first adventure of Pope Ron
- The Pope goes swimming
- You the Pope?
- Control code
- 1184681333
- Dimensions
- 18 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- x, 226 pages
- Isbn
- 9780593316009
- Lccn
- 2020045181
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1184681333
Subject
- Déesses -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- FICTION -- Historical | General
- FICTION -- Humorous | General
- FICTION -- Short Stories (single author)
- Goddesses
- Goddesses -- Fiction
- Gods
- Gods -- Fiction
- Nouvelles
- Short stories
- Short stories
- Short stories
- Short stories
- Short stories
- Surgery, Plastic
- Surgery, Plastic -- Fiction
- short stories
- Chirurgie plastique -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
- Dieux -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
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