num_pages: 160
description: 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.
language: English
title: 19 Knives: Stories
titlecomplete: 19 Knives: Stories
genres: Fiction, Short Stories
ratings_count: 53
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: ReLit Award
category: Best Short Fiction
publisher: House of Anansi Press