For Love: Solitaria

2014-03-15T16:23:36-04:00

Genni Gunn's Solitaria Signature Editions, 2011 It's debatable, who is at the heart of Genni Gunn's novel, and that is partly why it is so satisfying. It ironic, given its title that it is not the story of a single person, although much of it is told from a single

For Love: Solitaria2014-03-15T16:23:36-04:00

Home: The Return

2017-07-20T17:44:27-04:00

Dany Laferrière's The Return (2009) Translated by David Homel Douglas & McIntyre, 2011 David Homel says that he has translated Dany Laferrière's work so often now that he knows how he ticks, knows his schtick, knows his voice so well that he has avoided translating anyone else for awhile. Perhaps that's

Home: The Return2017-07-20T17:44:27-04:00

Unwritten: The Antagonist

2014-03-15T16:14:33-04:00

Lynn Coady's The Antagonist House of Anansi, 2011 The protagonist in The Antagonist is Rank. Actually, Gordon Rankin. But he's insisted, since he was twelve years old, that his friends call him Rank. Now it occurs to him that he's been instructing people to call him stinky, but that's not

Unwritten: The Antagonist2014-03-15T16:14:33-04:00

Between: The Meagre Tarmac

2014-03-15T16:10:36-04:00

Clark Blaise's The Meagre Tarmac Biblioasis, 2011 The quote from Margaret Atwood on the back of this collection identifies Clark Blaise as a "master storyteller and border-crosser". This might refer to the national borders that the characters cross in the eleven stories in this collection. It might also refer to

Between: The Meagre Tarmac2014-03-15T16:10:36-04:00

Seeding: The Beggar’s Garden (2011)

2014-03-15T16:09:48-04:00

Michael Christie's The Beggar's Garden Harper-Collins, 2011 Although the title for Michael Christie's story collection is drawn from the final story, it might well have been pulled from the second story's title, "Discard". It's at the heart of this debut collection: that which has been left behind, tossed out, put

Seeding: The Beggar’s Garden (2011)2014-03-15T16:09:48-04:00
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