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ISBN13: 9781551521107
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
Published: Sep 1 2002
Pages: 115
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.32 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.10
Language: English
Two friends are inexplicably drawn to a carnival-like -orchid garden. A man works obsessively on restoring a mansion he has inherited. An urban dweller is haunted by the echo of cries in the night. A traveler is lured by highway signs directing him to a place that he has always known.
The stories in Home, the follow-up to Mark Macdonald's acclaimed novel Flat, feature characters searching for truth and clarity in a world that is sometimes deceptive, usually miraculous, and often inescapable. Full of dark compulsions and seemingly irrational tendencies, Home is a place where all is not as it seems: authority figures defy reality, and fate takes charge as life and death become mere observances.
Informed by terminal illness and a trust in the wonders of the world, these stories are about anxiety, foreboding, and a sense of calm resignation and peace with matters beyond our control.
An inventive, sometimes startling, work of fiction from a writer of formidable ability.--Globe & Mail
These stories have the power to slip in and engrave lingering afterimages in the mind.--Quill & Quire
Praise for Flat:
Uncanny. . . . With a deadpan worthy of Kafka, and the eye of a satellite camera.--Lambda Book Report
It's wonderful to read a novel and get such piercing insights from little things, described concisely.--Toronto Star
Mark Macdonald is the book buyer for Little Sister's, Vancouver's legendary gay and lesbian bookstore. His work has appeared in numerous anthologies and publications, including Quickies 2 and Carnal Nation.
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