{"product_id":"9781988784366","title":"Even That Wildest Hope","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the Manitoba Book Awards’ Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction and the Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the Sunburst Award for Adult Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe highly anticipated debut short story collection by Journey Prize finalist Seyward Goodhand.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEven That Wildest Hope\u003c\/i\u003e bursts with vibrant, otherworldly characters—wax girls and gods-among-men, artists on opposite sides of a war, aimless plutocrats and anarchist urchins—who are sometimes wondrous, often grotesque, and always driven by passions and yearnings common to us all. Each story is an untamed territory unto itself: where characters are both victims and predators, the settings are antique and futuristic, and where our intimacies—with friends, lovers, enemies, and even our food—reveal a deeply human desire for beauty and abjection. Stylistic and primordial, \u003ci\u003eEven That Wildest Hope\u003c\/i\u003e is a chaotic and always satisfying fabulist journey in the baroque tradition of Angela Carter, Carmen Maria Machado, and Ted Chiang.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Read any sentence in this collection and you will know that Seyward Goodhand is a rare and original talent.”\u003cb\u003e—David Bezmozgis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“It’s a relief to find this kind of daring in Canadian fiction.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eCNQ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Seyward Goodhand can whip up a hell of a story… Yes read it.”\u003cb\u003e—Lolly K Dandeneau\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seyward Goodhand (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":43054004961347,"sku":"9781988784366","price":19.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/3523\/2323\/files\/BNCImageAPI_9ca754cb-7dfe-47b1-8cfc-a32daf6759df.jpg?v=1774039097","url":"https:\/\/thebookshop613.ca\/products\/9781988784366","provider":"The Bookshop 613","version":"1.0","type":"link"}