Burrard Inlet - Couverture souple

Keevil, Tyler

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1910409979 ISBN 13 : 9781910409978

Editeur : Parthian Books, 2015

Synopsis

Winner of the Writers\x27 Trust of Canada Journey Prize<\/b><\/p>

Winner of the Winner of the Independent Publisher Book Awards Silver Medal<\/b><\/p>

Shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year<\/b><\/p>

Longlisted for the Frank O\x27Connor International Short Story Award<\/b><\/p>

Longlisted for the Edge Hill Short Story Prize<\/b><\/p>

Burrard Inlet is the body of water that divides Vancouver\x27s North Shore from the rest of the Lower Mainland. In this collection of award\-winning stories, Tyler Keevil uses that rugged landscape as a backdrop for characters who are struggling against the elements, each other, and themselves.<\/p>

A search\-and\-rescue volunteer looks for a missing snowboarder on Christmas Eve; two brothers retreat to the woods to shoot a film in memory of their dead friend; a reclusive forestry worker picks up a hitcher on his way down Mount Seymour; a young man finds a temporary haven on the ice barge where he works.<\/p>

Written in a lean, muscular style, these are stories awash in blood and brine, and steeped in images of freedom and confinement. Within that narrative framework, Burrard Inlet becomes more than a geographical location: it is a liminal space, a boundary and a barrier, a threshold to be crossed.<\/p>

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Tyler Keevil grew up in Vancouver, Canada, and in his mid-twenties moved to Wales, where he now lives. His short fiction has appeared in a wide range of magazines and anthologies and has also won several awards, most notably the Writers' Trust of Canada Journey Prize. His first two novels, <i>Fireball</i> and <i>The Drive</i>, were both nominated for the Wales Book of the Year and both received the Wales Book of the Year People's Prize. He has worked as a tree planter and ice barge deckhand, as well as in factories, restaurants, video stores, and shipyards; he currently lectures in Creative Writing at the University of Gloucestershire.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Parthian Books
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1910409979
• ISBN 13: 9781910409978
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 254
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible