59 Glass Bridges

By (author): Steven Peters

In 59 Glass Bridges, an unnamed narrator travels through a maze that is at once mutable and immutable: walls fall to vine-filled forests, hallways to rivers, bridges to lamp-lit boats. What remains is the desire to escape. He is led along his harrowing path by Willow, a mysterious figure who cajoles him and responds to questions in a winking sphinx-like manner, with answers that are often more baffling than clear. Interspersed are the memories of the narrator, of his childhood and adolescence, and of his grandmother, a wise artist who at once pushes his creativity, while leaving him the freedom to craft his own journey.

Playing with the imagery and landscapes reminiscent of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, Steven Peters’ debut reveals how pivotal moments in our lives give substance and shape to the labyrinths in our minds.

AUTHOR

Steven Peters

Steven Peters was born in Winnipeg and currently works as a copywriter in Calgary. He earned his Master’s Degree in English at the University of Calgary, where he annoyed his creative writing instructors by sneaking fantasy into perfectly serious Canadian Literature. He has an abiding love for coffee, sweater vests, and Sir Patrick Stewart. 59 Glass Bridges is his first novel.


Reviews

Praise for 59 Glass Bridges:

59 Glass Bridges is, by far, one of the most memorable reads I’ve enjoyed in a long time.”
~ Deborah Vail, PRISM international

59 Glass Bridges is pleasingly raw and exuberant in its execution…”
~ Aaron Shepard, The Malahat Review

“Peters offers a strangely compelling tale of postmodern disorientation and salvation, one with roots in a past that it acknowledges as authoritative, but to whose authority it refuses to surrender definitive interpretive prerogative. This is a powerful work from an extremely promising writer.”
~ Stephen Dunning, Canadian Literature

59 Glass Bridges reminds readers that in the maze of life, we parse our way through the labyrinth of fears and hopes with a child’s perspective. In this novel, the guiding thread of dreams and desires unravels the minotaur within, inescapable, ineluctable, irresistible.”
~ Aritha van Herk, author of Restlessness

“At once irreverent and unflinchingly-honest in its examination of childhood and the pasts that make up who we are, 59 Glass Bridges is a blend of myth and memory.”
~ Jenny Ferguson, The Collapsar


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In 59 Glass Bridges, an unnamed narrator travels through a maze that is at once mutable and immutable: walls fall to vine-filled forests, hallways to rivers, bridges to lamp-lit boats. What remains is the desire to escape. He is led along his harrowing path by Willow, a mysterious figure who cajoles him and responds to questions in a winking sphinx-like manner, with answers that are often more baffling than clear. Interspersed are the memories of the narrator, of his childhood and adolescence, and of his grandmother, a wise artist who at once pushes his creativity, while leaving him the freedom to craft his own journey.

Playing with the imagery and landscapes reminiscent of Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, Steven Peters’ debut reveals how pivotal moments in our lives give substance and shape to the labyrinths in our minds.

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Details

Dimensions:

232 Pages
8.5in * 5.5in * 1in
1lb

Published:

April 01, 2017

Country of Publication:

CA

Publisher:

NeWest Press

ISBN:

9781926455785

Book Subjects:

FICTION / Literary

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Language:

eng

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