{"product_id":"even-that-wildest-hope-paperback","title":"Even That Wildest Hope - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSeyward Goodhand\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFinalist for the Manitoba Book Awards' Margaret Laurence \u003cbr\u003eAward for Fiction and the Eileen McTavish Sykes Award for Best First \u003cbr\u003eBook\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLonglisted for the Sunburst Award for Adult Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe highly anticipated debut short story collection by Journey Prize finalist Seyward Goodhand.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEven That Wildest Hope\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e bursts with vibrant, otherworldly characters--wax girls and \u003cbr\u003egods-among-men, artists on opposite sides of a war, aimless plutocrats \u003cbr\u003eand anarchist urchins--who are sometimes wondrous, often grotesque, and \u003cbr\u003ealways driven by passions and yearnings common to us all. Each story is \u003cbr\u003ean untamed territory unto itself: where characters are both victims and \u003cbr\u003epredators, the settings are antique and futuristic, and where our \u003cbr\u003eintimacies--with friends, lovers, enemies, and even our food--reveal a \u003cbr\u003edeeply human desire for beauty and abjection. Stylistic and primordial, \u003ci\u003eEven That Wildest Hope\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e is a chaotic and always satisfying fabulist journey in the baroque \u003cbr\u003etradition of Angela Carter, Carmen Maria Machado, and Ted Chiang.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Read any sentence in this collection and you will know that Seyward Goodhand is a rare and original talent.\"\u003cb\u003e--David Bezmozgis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It's a relief to find this kind of daring in Canadian fiction.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eCNQ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Seyward Goodhand can whip up a hell of a story... Yes read it.\"\u003cb\u003e--Lolly K Dandeneau\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 16, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51769572196640,"sku":"9781988784366","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/093fe361f07a8e12bdc685b9a8019928.webp?v=1780351040","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/even-that-wildest-hope-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}