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Lädt ... Those Who Make Us: Canadian Creature, Myth, and Monster Storiesvon Kelsi Morris (Herausgeber), Kaitlin Tremblay (Herausgeber)
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 An anthology that shapeshifts from story to story – chimera, troll, mermaid, demon dog – defies easy summary. There’s the grafting of genres – fantasy, horror, fable, myth – and then the subject matter. As the editors explain in the book’s introduction, as queer feminists, “Monsters have always been a safe haven for us, in the way that they represent non-normative beings who aren’t accepted or understood within their society.” Those Who Make Us is purposefully multifarious. What is a monster? If some creatures offer parables of difference or appreciation for the deviant, we also know that some humans are monstrous on the inside. This is the 13th book in Exile Editions’ anthology series, and like those before it – most recently, New Canadian Noir and Clockwork Canada – it offers a challenging, conflicted, sometimes pleasantly weird reading of Canada.  The strongest pieces in the book are by Andrew F. Sullivan, Rati Mehrotra, Angeline Woon, and Corey Redekop, and it’s no coincidence that their monsters all straddle the ambiguous border between the literal and the metaphorical. “The Shuck,” Sullivan’s take on one of the various Black Dog myths of the British Isles, drips with grief and despair, while Mehrotra’s “Vetala” uses a near-future take on a Hindu spirit to chart a painful path out of grief and into redemption. “The Mermaid and the Prince of Dirt,” Woon’s clever reworking of the Little Mermaid fable, can be vulgar and grating, but forces the reader to look past those things and see our shared vulnerability. Redekop’s “Outside Monster” is emotionally manipulative, but asks serious questions about what monsters really look like. This all-Canadian anthology of fantastical stories, featuring emerging writers alongside award-winning novelists, poets, and playwrights, is original, elegant, often poetic, sometimes funny, always thought-provoking, and a must for lovers of short fiction... Each story in the collection is a gift to readers who are open to discovering imaginative vistas. Gehört zur ReiheAuszeichnungen
"Canadians from all backgrounds and cultures look to identify with their surroundings through stories, and this speculative and literary fiction collection provides unique takes on what being Canadian is about. What resides beneath the blankets of snow, under the ripples of water, within the whispers of the wind, and between the husks of trees all across Canada? Creatures, myths and monsters are everywheree ven if we don't always see them. This is a unique and powerful collection of all-new, cross-genre tales that take the reader into real and imagined worlds, ranging from an encounter with the Metis creature Rugaru to trolls dissatisfied with modern life, to the demons who follow us from our parents' countries, and to Anishinaabe myths about the creation of creeks. Twenty emerging and award-winning authors explore the way we think about and interact with the unnatural - showing how much the stories we create can teach us about what it means to be human."-- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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 Google Books — Lädt ...GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)398.20971Social sciences Customs, Etiquette, Folklore Folklore Folk literature History, geographic treatment, biography North American folktales CanadaKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt: (4)
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