The Olive and the Dawn
stories
- Publisher
- Invisible Publishing
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2009
- Category
- General, Short Stories (single author)
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780981248806
- Publish Date
- Nov 2009
- List Price
- $12
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Description
The Olive and the Dawn is a collection of short stories exploring with tenderness and hilarity the grey zones of life: the psychological non-space people find themselves once the reference points that shaped their existence suddenly become stripped away. This book contains a cast of characters who exploit glitches in the human design, who confront an equally fallible God, asserting, contrary to popular belief, that unwavering self-destruction is the very essence of humanity. Orti reveals a world where even good choices come with bad consequences, childhood sports heroes make more sense than Jesus, and God is no less of a bully than the month of November.
About the author
Contributor Notes
Ian Orti is the author of The Olive and the Dawn . He is a columnist for Matrix Magazine and his work has appeared in Filling Station, The Toronto Quarterly and VICE Magazine.
Editorial Reviews
Winner of the CBC Bookclub Award
"A haunting novella...Orti has constructed a dark, enticingly murky tale that might or might not be a romance. The book is deceptively rich and complex in form and imagery despite its comparative brevity." - Bookgaga
"Read this magical tale for beauty, pure and simple." - The Coast
"...Weirdly seductive, sharply rendered. This strange city and its lost souls don't easily leave the mind." -Jim Bartley The Globe and Mail
Ian Orti's writing is replete with arresting images... [his] debut novel is unlike anything I've read before. -Kate Watson, Atlantic Books Today