{"product_id":"peninsula-sinking-paperback","title":"Peninsula Sinking - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Huebert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2018 Jim Connors Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRunner-Up for the 2017 Danuta Gleed Literary Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the 2018 Alastair MacLeod Prize for Short Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePeninsula Sinking\u003c\/em\u003e, David Huebert brings readers an assortment of Maritimers caught between the places they love and the siren call of elsewhere. From submarine officers to prison guards, oil refinery workers to academics, each character in these stories struggles to find some balance of spiritual and emotional grace in the world increasingly on the precipice of ruin. Peninsula Sinking offers up eight urgent and electric meditations on the mysteries of death and life, of grief and love, and never shies away from the joy and horror of our submerging world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003ePeninsula Sinking\u003c\/em\u003e, David Huebert brings readers an assortment of Maritimers caught between the places they love and the siren call of elsewhere. From submarine officers to prison guards, oil refinery workers to academics, each character in these stories struggles to find some balance of spiritual and emotional grace in the world increasingly on the precipice of ruin. Peninsula Sinking offers up eight urgent and electric meditations on the mysteries of death and life, of grief and love, and never shies away from the joy and horror of our submerging world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Huebert's stories have won the CBC Short Story Prize, the Sheldon Currie Fiction Prize, and \u003ci\u003eThe Dalhousie Review\u003c\/i\u003e's short story contest. His fiction has also been shortlisted for the Peter Hinchcliffe Fiction Award and published in magazines such as \u003ci\u003eenRoute\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGrain\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMatrix\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Puritan\u003c\/i\u003e. David is the author of the poetry collection \u003ci\u003eWe Are No Longer The Smart Kids In Class\u003c\/i\u003e (Guernica 2015) and the winner of \u003ci\u003eThe Walrus\u003c\/i\u003e' 2016 Poetry Prize. Originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia, David currently lives in London, Ontario, where he's completing a PhD and a novel about southwestern Ontario oil.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 204\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.1 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 14, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770191970592,"sku":"9781771961929","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d26f99d3979645e165a18528182be837.webp?v=1780366819","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/peninsula-sinking-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}