Echolocation : stories / Karen Hofmann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hofmann, Karen (Author of Where we live), author.

Standardized Title:

Short stories. Selections

Language:

English

Genre:

Short stories.

Physical Description:

254 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Edmonton, Alberta : NeWest Press, [2019]

Summary:

"In this provocative collection of short stories, Karen Hofmann creates characters who struggle to connect or disconnect from entanglements and relationships. With ironic accuracy and sensuous imagery, Hofmann considers a range of human foibles: a newlywed couple who transform into feral beasts during the hardships of a remote research expedition; backbiting faculty members who strip down during a post-conference BBQ; an heretical nun who explores the possibility of a new life by imaginatively excavating the fossils of BC's Burgess Shale; and an ambitious bylaw officer determined to make her mark on the city's streets. In Echolocation, Karen Hofmann has found new ways to sound the depths of the human heart. Her accomplished stories recall the work of Karen Russell (Vampires in the Lemon Grove), Guy Vanderhaeghe (Daddy Lenin and Other Stories), and George Saunders (Tenth of December)."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Virtue Prudence Courage p. 9

That Ersatz Thing p. 23

Vagina Dentata p. 41

The Bismarck Little People's Orchestra p. 55

Echolocation p. 65

The Swift Flight of Data into the Heart p. 77

Unbearable Objects p. 103

The Canoe p. 115

Clearwater p. 131

The Burgess Shale p. 153

Holy, Holy p. 159

The Birds of India p. 181

Instant p. 201

The Flowers of the Dry Interior p. 223.

Other Format:

Online version: Hofmann, Karen Marie, 1961- Echolocation.

Hofmann, Karen Marie, 1961- Echolocation./.

ISBN:

1988732565

9781988732565

OCLC:

1066182817