{"product_id":"9781771668446","title":"Anecdotes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2024 City of Victoria Butler Book Prize\u003cbr\u003e\r\nShortlisted for the 2023 Danuta Gleed Literary Award\u003cbr\u003e\r\nFinalist for the 2024 Trillium Book Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith dreamlike stories and dark humour, \u003cem\u003eAnecdotes\u003c\/em\u003e is a hybrid collection in four parts examining the pressing realities of sexual violence, abuse, and environmental collapse.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAbsurdist flash fictions in “The Boy is Dead” depict characters such as a park that hates hippies, squirrels, and unhappy parents; a woman lamenting a stolen laptop the day the world ends; and birds slamming into glass buildings.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“We’re Not Here to Talk About Aliens” gathers autofictions that follow a young protagonist from childhood to early 20s, through the murky undercurrent of potential violence amidst sexual awakening, from first periods to flashers, sticker books to maxi pad art, acid trips to blackouts, and creepy professors to close calls.\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“This Isn’t a Conversation” shares one-liners from overheard conversations, found texts, diary entries, and random thoughts: many are responses to the absurdity and pain of the current political and environmental climate.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn “My Dream House,” the past and the future are personified as various incarnations in relationships to one another (lovers, a parent and child, siblings, friends), all engaged in ongoing conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThese varied, immersive works bristle with truth in the face of unprecedented change. They are playful forms for serious times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kathryn Mockler (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":43066800111683,"sku":"9781771668446","price":23.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/3523\/2323\/files\/Anecdotes.jpg?v=1774553432","url":"https:\/\/thebookshop613.ca\/products\/9781771668446","provider":"The Bookshop 613","version":"1.0","type":"link"}