There’s a certain wry tone in Soviet comic fiction — sly, humorous, incredibly bleak, resigned, and also still managing to delight in the absolute absurdity of it all. It’s very specific, and if you’ve read any Soviet writers, you’ll know what I mean.
An adept technician and genius at the craft of spinning a story, Atwood, who turns 86 in November, breathes tremendous vitality into Book of Lives.
Excerpted with Permission from Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd Hide scuffed on rock. Tish and Tosh, satiated with story, flopped into the ocean, the ripples where their bulky bodies submerged rapidly swallowed by a flowing tide. The departure felt like criticism; was my narrative dull, or were the sea lions tired of terrestrial details? I …
Ten stories with Black protagonists; all of them leaving a lasting and haunting impression.
Excerpted with permission from Guernica Editions I found my mother bent over a washroom sink, hands gripping the sides, gown bunched up around her waist. A young and heavily tattooed nurse stood behind her, wiping her vulva with a cloth. I froze. The nurse methodically wiped every fold much like I would when changing Zoe’s …
This collection is well worth your time, populated by a set of distinct voices
Funny, unsettling, and often completely off the rails, Pools is a snapshot of the early 1980s[…]
All of Flahive’s characters – much like the versatility of her humorous prose – wade deep beneath the glistening surface, and work to foster security and optimism despite all odds.
Featuring Shawn Lawlor, Bryn Pottie, Merilyn Simonds, and David Elias
Striving to get ahead in a world of scams, Hamid is caught in the fervour surrounding a charismatic social-media imam with questionable intentions.
Both a deeply-intimate story and one that rides on the tide of historical turning points, Letters to Kafka is a beautifully-rendered novel
What really shines in this novel, and makes it worth your time, is the vibrancy of the relationships between the female characters.
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