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by Keath Fraser (Author)
"If you really want to journey into the heart of darkness, you'd be advised to travel with Vancouver writer Keath Fraser, a man of extraordinary talents." --Bronwyn Drainie
An icon of Canadian short fiction, Keath Fraser has exerted a wide and trenchant influence since the publication of his first collection Taking Cover in 1982. Damages: Selected Stories 1982-2012 gathers the finest of his work across decades. Combining the craftsmanship of the form's greatest masters with the idiosyncratic voices and music of our contemporary moment, the stories selected here travel from the richly peopled worlds of Fraser's Vancouver to the Gulf of Thailand, a Phnom Penh bone-house embassy, and the Rajasthan desert, and demonstrate remarkable diversity of character and effortless storytelling across a range of modes. Featuring an introduction by John Metcalf, and including the novella "Foreign Affairs," called by the Oxford Companion of Canadian Literature "one of the masterpieces of Canadian short fiction," Damages showcases Keath Fraser as one of the best and most enduring story writers of the last fifty years.
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A literary titan of Canadian short fiction, Keath Fraser's influence has been felt long and wide since the publication of his first collection Taking Cover in 1982. Damages collects the finest of Fraser's work across decades. Moving, complex, and with the emotional complexity of a true master, these stories showcase Fraser as one of the best story writers of the last fifty years.
Author Biography
Keath Fraser won the Chapters / Books in Canada First Novel Award for his 1995 novel Popular Anatomy. His stories and novellas have been published in many anthologies in Canada and abroad. Collections of his short fiction include Taking Cover and Telling My Love Lies. The volume Foreign Affairs was short-listed for a Governor General's Award and won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. His novella Charity recently launched a new genre series from Biblioasis. He is the author of As For Me and My Body, a memoir of his friend Sinclair Ross; and of The Voice Gallery, a narrative of his far-flung travels among broken voices. The royalties from his international best-selling anthologies Bad Trips and Worst Journeys: The Picador Book of Travel were given to Canada India Village Aid (CIVA), the late NGO founded by George Woodcock. Keath Fraser lives in Vancouver and his papers are held in the Thomas Fisher Library at the University of Toronto.
