jacks
By Anne Stone
Part fictional memoir, part fairy-tale, jacks is the story of Hermeline, a young girl whose fabulated world is an interlacing of myths, rhymes, incantations and memories, a thousand and one tales beneath whose surface lies the violence of childhood, forever lost in the brilliance ... Read more
Overview
Part fictional memoir, part fairy-tale, jacks is the story of Hermeline, a young girl whose fabulated world is an interlacing of myths, rhymes, incantations and memories, a thousand and one tales beneath whose surface lies the violence of childhood, forever lost in the brilliance of fiction. Like a disturbing and recurring dream, jacks will plunge you into the terror of language and myth.
jacks: a gothic gospel is the first novel by Montreal writer Anne Stone. It is a book sure to make a profound impression ó a powerful and moving novel unlike any other in Canadian literature, and one that you are not likely to forget.
Critical Comment
ì. ..an odd and energetic experiment. ... A brave, new book from a brave, new writer. ...î
ó Books in Canada
ìExperimental works [like] . .. jacks challenge the reader to think about narrative as more than just story-telling. î
ó Montreal Review of Books
Anne Stone
Anne Stone is a Montreal prose-writer. A selection of her writing appeared in the chapbook Sweet Dick All. She has performed her work at galleries and spoken word venues in and out of Montreal. jacks: a gothic gospel (DC Books, 1998) is her first novel.
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