Just Like a Real Person

By (author): Douglas Diaczuk

Just Like a Real Person is a story about broken cars and broken people. A story of intoxication, sobriety, and potent memories of a woman in a yellow sundress. But, it’s also a story about love that asks what it means to finally feel, after years of feeling nothing but numb.

The story begins with a crash, and throughout the story, we bear witness to many more – both literal and metaphorical – as cars wrap around lamp posts and jump medians, and as the humans inside them are unknotted from smouldering metal and the entanglements of their choices.

“He” is a nameless, indiscriminate addict. A fuck-up without a driver’s license, who has caused forty-two car crashes in eight years, and makes his living by picking through the shattered belongings and lives he leaves behind. “She” is Lola, and Lola is unsure where she’s going, just that it’s far from there.

Disorienting as an acid trip, the story winds through the aftermath, watching as he collides with recovery, women, and his own imperfect recollections while searching for the elusive girl in the yellow sundress.

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Praise for Diaczuk’s previous novel, Chalk: “gritty realism running against the desire for connection, the failure to understand and communicate at odds with the need for self-expression.” – James W. Wood, The Vancouver Sun “The fact that almost all the discussion I’ve seen about this book hinges on the fact that it was written over a period of 72 hours seems like a disservice. It’s a well-crafted story, a sweet, melancholy ride through some interesting thoughts about relationships, identity and visibility.” – Victor Martins, Broken Pencil

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Dimensions:

128 Pages
7.9in * 5.67in * .28in
150gr

Published:

September 14, 2021

ISBN:

9781772141764

Book Subjects:

FICTION / Literary

Language:

eng

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