Fiction Short Stories (single Author)
Unarmoured Excursions
- Publisher
- Gaspereau Press Ltd.
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2018
- Category
- Short Stories (single author)
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781554471904
- Publish Date
- Oct 2018
- List Price
- $24.95
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Description
The eight prose pieces that make up Unarmoured Excursions are imaginative riffs bordering on formal essays, each willfully puncturing the barrier between what we experience and what we can conceive. While descriptive details seem to root his prose in real places and situations, Therrien’s mischievous turn of mind veers off the path of documentary into pure exploration. Whether he’s writing the magical realism of a dream, the overheard dialogue of teens in a food court, or the reflections of a man left caring for a vulnerable, nonverbal stranger, Therrien heads for the uncertainty of open ground, where the transcendent and the imminentthe dreaming and the waking worldsmight be seen to mingle.
About the author
Poet and editor Richard Therrien has worked at a number of occupations, including landscape labourer, photography instructor, filmmaker, and speech writer. Born and raised on—and a repeated escapee from—the Canadian prairie, he has published across North America and currently works and lives in North Vancouver.