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Paperback Edition
- 978-1-03-831072-9
- 6.0 x 9.0 inches
- Black & White interior
- 132 pages
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Hardcover Edition
- 978-1-03-831073-6
- 6.0 x 9.0 inches
- Black & White interior
- 132 pages
- Keywords
- Short story collection,
- Canadian fiction,
- Canadian authors,
- Construction of identity,
- Contemporary fiction,
- Literary fiction,
- Societal dynamics
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this is all we know
by
Robin Anne Ettles
In this second collection of short stories, Ettles offers a version of the Canadian landscape against which eccentric tales and colourful characters evoke ever-shifting perspectives on what we see and who we are. A modern working woman of 1983 looks to escape her version of nuclear family hell. A lonely vampire seeks companionship. A dysfunctional rural family harbours a white-collar criminal on the run. These and other narratives explore nuanced societal spaces of money, youth, food and fame, city and country, sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression. Throughout the forging of identity, for ourselves and for those around us, is each ephemeral, sublime, surreal (so real) moment -⎯ this is all we know.
"… snappy, lucid stories with well realized scenes and strong characterization. There are some very, very good turns of phrase, and the construction of each story is extremely adept. Brilliant.” —from the International Rubery Book Awards review of What May Come of Our Darkness: a series of short stories
Robin Anne Ettles is a multidisciplinary artist originally from Amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton) who calls Epekwitk (Prince Edward Island) home. As a freelance bassist and guitarist, she has toured parts of North America, Europe, and Australia, and continues to accompany artists of different genres. She completed her master’s studies in clinical psychology at l’Université de Moncton. This is Robin’s second book of short stories. The first won the Rubery Book Award for Short Stories in 2020.
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