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edition:Paperback

category: Fiction

published: Oct 2008

ISBN:9781550961065

publisher: Exile Editions

In This City

by Austin Clarke, introduction by Dionne Brand

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list price: $21.95

edition:Paperback

category: Fiction

published: Oct 2008

ISBN:9781550961065

publisher: Exile Editions

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Poignantly capturing the sorrow and torment of the dispossessed, this collection of stories focuses on the contemporary experiences of urban dwellers longing for a place to call home. Private lives and intimate pains are made public, and the rawness of the moment is redeemed by the elegance of Clarke's prose and the innate sympathy of his eye.

About the Authors

Austin Clarke is one of Canada’s foremost authors, whose work includes ten novels, six short-story collections, and three memoirs. His novel The Polished Hoe won the 2002 Giller Prize. Clarke is a member of the Order of Canada, holds four honorary doctorates, and has been awarded the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, the W.O. Mitchell Prize, and the Casa de las Américas Prize, among others. In his fifty-year career, he has worked as a journalist, a professor, and a cultural attaché in Washington D.C., while publishing acclaimed fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. He lives in Toronto.

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Dionne Brand is internationally known for her poetry, fiction, and essays. She has received many awards, notably the Governor General’s Award for Poetry, the Trillium Award (Land to Light On, 1997), the Pat Lowther Award (thirsty, 2005), the City of Toronto Book Award (What We All Long For, 2006), and the Harbourfront Festival Award (2006), given in recognition of her substantial contribution to literature. Her most recent book, Ossuaries, won the 2011 Griffin Poetry Prize. She is a professor in the School of English and Theatre Studies at the University of Guelph.

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Contributor Notes

Austin Clarke is the author of Growing Up Stupid Under the Union Jack, Love and Sweet Food: A Culinary Memoir, and The Polished Hoe: A Novel. Dionne Brand is a renowned poet and novelist and the author of Land to Light on and No Language is Neutral.