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Fiction Short Stories (single Author)

People Who Disappear

by (author) Alex Leslie

Publisher
Freehand Books
Initial publish date
Apr 2012
Category
Short Stories (single author), Literary
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781554810598
    Publish Date
    Apr 2012
    List Price
    $21.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781460400128
    Publish Date
    Apr 2012
    List Price
    $10.99

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Description

An oil spill on the West Coast coincides with a loved one's death. An enigmatic young musician experiences the rise and fall of his career, as told through videos posted to YouTube. Sometimes romantic, sometimes elegiac, Alex Leslie's coastal stories take place in ocean inlets and city streets. Haunted as much by technology as by their own ghosts, Leslie's characters face the disappearance of sanity, love, and landscape. An electric, poetic debut.

About the author

Alex Leslie was born and lives in Vancouver. She is the author of two short story collections, We All Need To Eat, a finalist for the 2019 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, the 2020 Nancy Richler Memorial Prize for Fiction, and the 2020 Kobzar Award, and People Who Disappear, a finalist for the 2013 Lambda Literary Award for Debut Fiction and the 2013 ReLit Award for Short Fiction. She is also the author of two prose poetry collections, Vancouver for Beginners, winner of the 2020 Lohn Foundation Prize for Poetry, The things I heard about you, which was shortlisted for the 2014 Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry. Alex’s writing has been included in the Journey Prize Anthology, The Best of Canadian Poetry in English, and in a special issue of Granta spotlighting Canadian writing, co-edited by Madeleine Thien and Catherine Leroux. She has received a CBC Literary Award, a Gold National Magazine Award, and the 2015 Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers from the Writers' Trust of Canada.

 

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Awards

  • Short-listed, Lambda Literary Award

Editorial Reviews

"Leslie's dark tones are reminiscent of Rebecca Brown, but she is a creative force all her own. Her star is rising. Watch for her."

Hiromi Goto

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