Synopses & Reviews
With characters ranging from the desperate to the obsessive and wildly comic, Mark Anthony Jarman's 19 Knives employs dazzling linguistic verve and staggering metaphoric powers in every sentence. Jarman doesn't just write about people. He puts us in their skin so that we feel their frailty and courage. No other contemporary Canadian short story writer slices up the imaginative excitement, cultural hybridity, and Joycean play of language we see in 19 Knives. Including one story shortlisted for the U.S.'s prestigious O. Henry Prize, and several other prize-winners, this collection brings a major emerging fiction writer to the fore.
Review
"Jarman can do things with a narrative hook and a single strong character that make perennial prize-winners like Bonnie Burnard and Alistair MacLeod seem like candle-dipping dowdies." (Eye Weekly)
About the Author
Mark Anthony Jarman has been shortlisted for the Journey Prize, the National Magazine Award, the Western Magazine Award, the Pushcart Prize Anthology, and the O. Henry Prize. He teaches fiction at UNB in Fredericton.