Fiction Short Stories (single Author)
Earthbound
- Publisher
- DC Books
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2012
- Category
- Short Stories (single author), General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781897190883
- Publish Date
- May 2013
- List Price
- $32.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781897190876
- Publish Date
- Nov 2012
- List Price
- $18.95
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Description
'Most of the stories in Earthbound, if not set in Montreal or another specific city or town, take place in a recognizable North America of the here and now. But a few reach back into the past and recreate locales outside of our immediate experience. The variety is dazzling and somewhat daunting because Radu writes convincingly in all of these voices and from all of these places.' -- Ian Colford, The Fiddlehead
About the author
Kenneth Radu is a seasoned, award-winning writer of novels, short stories, non-fiction, and poetry. His first novel, Distant Relations, received the Quebec Writers' Federation Award for Best English-language Fiction. A collection of stories, A Private Performance, was also honoured with the award. A previous collection, The Cost of Living, was nominated for the Governor General's Award. His most recent work includes two collections of stories, Sex in Russia, and Earthbound, both published by DC Books, as well as the novel Butterfly in Amber.
Editorial Reviews
'Like a well-honed knife, Kenneth Radus prose cuts through the gamut of circumstances depicted in this collection. Through his deft and brilliant use of simile and metaphor, and an appropriate sprinkling of the various vernaculars heard in the Canadian mosaic, together with his empathy for human fragilities, Kenneth Radu captures the attention of the reader as he depicts ordinary people in unusual, sometimes extraordinary situations.' -- Annie Vigna,Freefall, Fall 2014
