Crisp

By (author): R.W. Gray

Crisp confronts the unspeakable parts of memory, meditating on characters caught in isolation and struggling to make sense of grief, disappointment, and the occasional dinner party gone wrong. The characters in Crisp’s stories don’t always make sound decisions: a grieving widow pursues a priest, an unhappy wife whittles her husband to bits, and a nostalgic man has a one-night stand with a whale trainer. Ranging from the mystical to the eccentric, Gray masterfully uncovers human reactions to loneliness and unrest through tales about relationships, secrets, and a longing to connect.

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R.W. Gray

R.W. Gray was raised on the northwest coast of BC. He is the author of two serialized novels in Xtra West magazine (Waterboys and Tide Pool Sketches) and has had his fiction appear in Arc, Grain, Event, and dANDelion among others. He has also had ten screenplays produced, including the award winning shorts “alice & huck” and “Blink.” He teaches film and screenwriting at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton. Entropic is his second collection of short stories, following 2010’s Crisp.

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Crisp confronts the unspeakable parts of memory, meditating on characters caught in isolation and struggling to make sense of grief, disappointment, and the occasional dinner party gone wrong. The characters in Crisp’s stories don’t always make sound decisions: a grieving widow pursues a priest, an unhappy wife whittles her husband to bits, and a nostalgic man has a one-night stand with a whale trainer. Ranging from the mystical to the eccentric, Gray masterfully uncovers human reactions to loneliness and unrest through tales about relationships, secrets, and a longing to connect.

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Dimensions:

160 Pages
8.5in * 5.5in * 1in
1lb

Published:

March 15, 2010

Country of Publication:

CA

Publisher:

NeWest Press

ISBN:

9781897126592

Book Subjects:

FICTION / Short Stories

Language:

eng

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