Despair and other stories
by André Alexis
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"Emerging from the landscapes and folklore of Trinidad and Canada, Despair reveals a world both recognizable and shockingly strange: in cities driven by fear and violence, quiet inhabitants lead outwardly banal lives that conceal sinister realities. In "The Third Terrace," a failed artist with beautiful hands is driven by a fetish for injuries.
In "Metaphysics of Morals," a man wrestles with his capacity for evil while on an excursion to a bakery. "Horse" focuses on the bizarre experiments of a doctor who has rented space in the house of a grieving man, and "The Night Piece" tells the tale of a boy haunted by a story about a soucouyant, a vampire in the guise of an old woman, who has settled nearby."--BOOK JACKET.
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Despair: And Other Stories
January 1, 2000, Henry Holt and Co.
Hardcover
in English
- 1st American Ed edition
0805059792 9780805059793
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Despair and other stories of Ottawa
1994, Coach House Press
in English
- 1st ed.
0889104786 9780889104785
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