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McConvey, J. R., 1979-
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Different
beasts
:
stories
/ J.R. McConvey.
by
McConvey, J. R., 1979-
Goose Lane Editions, 2019.
Call #:
FICTION MCC
ISBN:
9781773101262 (trade pbk.)
Description:
209 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"A bear runs amok in a luxury hotel. A daily swim at the local pool becomes a question of life or death. The champion of a border wall faces an unexpected adversary. The twelve
stories
in
Different
Beasts
ask what it means to be both human and monster. Shape-shifting waifs, haunted stuffies, scavenging drones, insectoid demon-gods, and mutant angels all come to life in this wildly imagined debut. As do broken soldiers, disgraced politicians, tired parents, ogres and children, opportunists, and desperate survivors - human
beasts
each struggling with the animalian aspects of their nature. In this wild, fantastical, viscerally memorable debut, J.R. McConvey explores the power dynamics that undergird social relationships and crystallize into structures of fealty and worship, fear and control, aspiration and desire."--Publisher.
Genre:
Short
stories
.
Short
stories
, Canadian.
Canadian fiction.
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