Joe Denham

The Year of Broken Glass (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Joe Denham's debut novel The Year of Broken Glass follows struggling crab fisherman Francis "Ferris Wichbaun's journey across the Pacific Ocean to deliver a legendary glass fishing float to an enigmatic, high-paying collector. Against a backdrop of worldwide seismic devastation, Ferris is forced to confront increasing concern for his two families-his wife Anna and their son Willow, and his girlfriend Jin Su and their baby daughter Emily-as well as pervasive feelings of disappointment and disillusionment. In the midst of his contemplation, he becomes entangled in both a romantic affair with his travelling companion and an ancient legend that seems to offer the possibility of redemption.

Denham's poetic background is evident in the novel's entrancing imagery and thematic complexity, yet in his transition to prose he has also succeeded in crafting a unique, unpredictable plot and intriguing, sincerely rendered characters. Haunted by environmental degradation and human suffering, Denham affixes the carefree Wedding Guest in all of us with his glittering prose and weaves a story that is both sobering and compelling.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Harbour Publishing Co. Ltd.
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780889712850
• Artikelnr.: 43417621

Autorenporträt

Joe Denham is the author of Flux (Nightwood Editions, 2003), Windstorm (Nightwood Editions, 2009), and The Year of Broken Glass (Nightwood Editions, 2011). His work has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies including Breathing Fire 2: Canada's New Poets (Nightwood Editions, 2004). He lives with his wife and two children in Halfmoon Bay, BC.