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Sex in Russia

Stories New and Selected

by (author) Kenneth Radu

Publisher
DC Books
Initial publish date
Mar 2010
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781897190654
    Publish Date
    Mar 2010
    List Price
    $18.95

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Description

Sex in Russia is comprised of mostly new and a few award-winning stories that still resonate over the years. Adroitly combining accessibility and subtlety, understated wit and restrained emotion with a predilection for the slightly off-centred, the collection explores a range of human experiences locally and internationally. From a gifted student of science embarrassed by his parents, to a musician who loses his son to a different kind of music, to an old woman reluctant to leave her Chinese prison, Radu's stories often begin with a seemingly minor detail or event and travel from there to the heart of disaffection, despair, hope, and unusual forms of recovery and understanding. Original in concept and challenging ordinary expectations, the stories maintain a firm hold on traditional narrative structures. Sex in Russia continues Radu's venture into new territories of personal experience and emotional drama, maintaining an undercurrent of surprising, sometimes satirical humour throughout.

About the author

Kenneth Radu is a seasoned, award-winning writer of novels, short stories, non-fiction, and poetry. His first novel, Distant Relations, received the Quebec Writers' Federation Award for Best English-language Fiction. A collection of stories, A Private Performance, was also honoured with the award. A previous collection, The Cost of Living, was nominated for the Governor General's Award. His most recent work includes two collections of stories, Sex in Russia, and Earthbound, both published by DC Books, as well as the novel Butterfly in Amber.

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Editorial Reviews

'Kenneth Radus greatest literary strength is his ability to draw others into his fictional settings, cleverly placing interesting characters in intriguing situations. He displays the necessary empathy to reveal his protagonists natures, while his morally centered prose provides perspective.' -- Ronald Charles Epstein, Prairie Fire