Éditeur : Goose Lane Editions
ISBN numérique ePub: 9781773101644
Parution : 2022
Catégorisation :
Livres numériques /
Autre /
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Numérique ePub Protection filigrane*** |
Illimité | Prix : 11,99 $ |
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Winner, Alistair MacLeod Prize for Short Fiction
Long-Shortlisted, ReLit Award (Short Fiction)
"You go through life convinced you’re going to get diabetes like your old man and one day you choke to death on chicken gristle, and the autopsy shows your blood sugars were perfect."
The seventeen stories in Elaine McCluskey’s latest collection, Rafael Has Pretty Eyes, follow characters who have reached a four-way stop in life; some are deciding whether to follow the signs or defy them; others find a sinkhole forming beneath their feet.
A former fast-talking, big-bucks radio host now lives as a divorced payday loaner working in a strip mall; a football wide receiver at a small Canadian university works the night shift as a bouncer while recovering from his third concussion; a well-liked city councilor is arrested on a packed bus. As one character puts it, "life is just one extended series of anecdotes strung together until they kill you."
Set in the Maritimes but transcending regional boundaries, McCluskey’s stories are experimental, sometimes provocative, and often about those living on the margins. Smart, compassionate and unsparing, Rafael Has Pretty Eyes explores the absurdity and interconnectedness of a life adrift.
Livre papier | 1 | Prix : 11,99 $ |
Éditeur : Goose Lane Editions
ISBN : 9781773103259
Parution : 2024
Livre papier | 1 | Prix : 14,99 $ |
Éditeur : Anvil Press
ISBN : 9781927380093
Parution : 2012
Livre papier | 1 | Prix : 11,99 $ |
Éditeur : Goose Lane Editions
ISBN : 9780864925664
Parution : 2010