Some Extremely Boring Drives

By (author): Marguerite Pigeon

Shortlisted for the 2015 ReLit Award for Short Fiction!Shortlisted for the 2015 Trade Fiction Book Award at the Alberta Book Publishing Awards!From the multi-talented author of Inventory and Open Pit comes a new collection of short stories, filled with lost souls drifting through exotic locales, reinventing themselves on the fly.Marguerite Pigeon’s gifts for quick characterization and muscular dialogue are on full display in this collection, where you will encounter competitors in an endurance race at the edge of the world; the secret lives of stray cats, and those who try to catch them night after night; an interview with a once-famous musician who seems to be losing touch with reality; a date in Mexico City that ends in a kidnapping; a woman who comes face to face with her mirror image and finds that she’s taken another path; and a girl who’s determined to never, ever stand still again.

AUTHOR

Marguerite Pigeon

Marguerite Pigeon is a writer of poetry and fiction. Since completing her MFA at the University of British Columbia in 2004, she has been working as an editor of academic publications while completing this collection of poems and her first novel. Her work has appeared in a variety of journals, including ‘subTerrain’, ‘The Capilano Review’, ‘dANDelion’, ‘Grain’, and ‘Taddle Creek’. Originally from Blind River, Northern Ontario, she currently lives in Vancouver.

Reviews

Praise for Some Extremely Boring Drives:”To use “boring” in a book title takes confidence, to add “extremely” may seem brash, but Marguerite Pigeon deserves to be cocky in naming her first collection of stories.”~ Jade Colbert, Globe and Mail”Each story reveals a peculiar and unique world peopled by genuinely interesting inhabitants.”~ Dana Hansen, Quill & Quire”Driven to extremes, each of Pigeon’s characters is stripped of the coping mechanism that has kept them moving forward; when they’re jolted out of the trance of the ordinary, we don’t know which way they’ll go, or even if they will survive. But one thing is certain-they will never be the same.”~ Kristine Morris, Foreword Reviews”A robust collection that is memorable from the first page to its last … [w]ith a book of poetry, a novel, and now this collection of short stories, Pigeon has proven herself a writer of many talents, and one worthy of our attention.”~ Jessica Rose, Room Magazine”Where the characters are going and whether they are in control is debatable but they’re always behind the wheel, zipping through diverse landscapes without a GPS. Pigeon lures the reader into the backseat with all the tension and anticipation of a road trip without the “are we there yets?”~ Ali Bryan, author of Roost”Marguerite Pigeon’s stories bore through the everyday to those pockets where the best story-stuff hides. She captures her characters as they’re driven to extremes, in the sparkling, miserable moments between ordinary and ordinary.”~ Naomi K. Lewis, author of I Know Who You Remind Me Of

Awards

  • Trade Fiction Book Award at the Alberta Book Publishing Awards 2015, Short-listed
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    Shortlisted for the 2015 ReLit Award for Short Fiction!Shortlisted for the 2015 Trade Fiction Book Award at the Alberta Book Publishing Awards!From the multi-talented author of Inventory and Open Pit comes a new collection of short stories, filled with lost souls drifting through exotic locales, reinventing themselves on the fly.Marguerite Pigeon’s gifts for quick characterization and muscular dialogue are on full display in this collection, where you will encounter competitors in an endurance race at the edge of the world; the secret lives of stray cats, and those who try to catch them night after night; an interview with a once-famous musician who seems to be losing touch with reality; a date in Mexico City that ends in a kidnapping; a woman who comes face to face with her mirror image and finds that she’s taken another path; and a girl who’s determined to never, ever stand still again.

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    Details

    Dimensions:

    216 Pages
    8.5in * 5.5in * 1in
    1lb

    Published:

    September 15, 2014

    Country of Publication:

    CA

    Publisher:

    NeWest Press

    ISBN:

    9781927063750

    Book Subjects:

    FICTION / Short Stories

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    Language:

    eng

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