In a Mist explores longing, loss and isolation. This debut
collection of short stories examines the lives of socially isolated
individuals with obsessive interests and desires. These lonely
protagonists find solace in emotionally evocative forms of cultural
expression such as early jazz, classic cinema and renaissance motets.
The transcendent potential of music is a recurring theme of this
collection.
In a Mist explores longing, loss and isolation. This debut
collection of short stories examines the lives of socially isolated
individuals with obsessive interests and desires. These lonely
protagonists find solace in emotionally evocative forms of cultural
expression such as early jazz, classic cinema and renaissance motets.
The transcendent potential of music is a recurring theme of this
collection.
Devon Code is a fiction writer. He is the author of Involuntary
Bliss, a novel, and In A Mist, a collection of stories. His latest
fiction can be read in issue 107 of Geist.
In 2010, he was the recipient of the Writers' Trust Journey Prize.
Originally from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, he lives in Peterborough,
Ontario, where he teaches at Fleming College.
"In these deft and engaging stories Devon Code explores the
subliminal forces that shape people's lives and reminds us how
deeply
mysterious the ordinary world is."--John Steffler, author of The
Afterlife of George Cartwright and Helix"In a Mist
is a solid debut, intelligent and meticulously constructed [...]
Horrific
and humorous, short but rich, the book is all that jazz."--Jane
Thompson, Fast Forward Weekly"At its best, Devon Code's writing
utterly obscures itself: author invisible, art luminous."--Jim
Bartley, Globe and Mail"Each
of Code's condensed and complete worlds pivots on a fulcrum of
male
fixations, delving equally into desire and regret. He manages
the
balance deftly, revealing individuals and their stories through
a
remarkable skill for finding those strange quirks of perception
routinely hidden between the mundane worlds of neighbours, jobs
and
acquaintances."--Bruce Johnson, Atlantic Books Today"While
reading these meticulously constructed and intelligent stories, I
also
kept thinking about classic American cinema: where whiskey is kept
in
bedside tables, bartenders are confidants and men with names like
Morty
and Lloyd rule."--Sue Carter Flinn, The Coast-- "John Steffler"
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