Day Does Not Go By - Couverture souple

Johnston, Sean

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0889711909 ISBN 13 : 9780889711907

Editeur : Nightwood Editions, 2002

Synopsis

Johnston skillfully follows the twentieth-century realist tradition of stripping stories down to details and everyday conversations that represent accurate snippets of life, and he explores perception - our ability to discern between conclusions and reality, between misplaced trust and mirror-pane truth. In his unique stories, Jeff and Beth clumsily discuss how they should be reacting to finding a dead man, who is not actually dead; a married couple doubt the existence of their eight-year-old son enough to add their names to a school petition asking teachers and students to no longer refer to the boy... except as a myth.

Johnston masterfully mixes such stories and perspectives with short vignettes told directly from ground zero of a surreal, apparitional landscape. Without philosophical discourse or interrogation, these stories playfully prompt us to question our own realities. The debut of one of western Canada's most thoughtful and original new authors, A Day Does Not Go By realistically depicts the confusion brought about by crumbling or extinguished relationships, roles and identities.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Sean Johnston was born in Saskatoon and grew up in Asquith, Saskatchewan. He has worked across the prairies as a labourer and surveyor, received a Bachelor of Journalism at Carleton University in Ottawa, and recently finished a MA in Creative Writing at the University of New Brunswick. His poetry and fiction has appeared in many literary journals and anthologies, including Speak! (Broken Jaw Press). The manuscript for A Day Does Not Go By won the 2002 David Adams Richards Award for fiction. Johnston currently lives in Vancouver.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Nightwood Editions
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0889711909
• ISBN 13: 9780889711907
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 200
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible