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Title Statement | How to be alone / Heather Nolan. |
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Author | Nolan, Heather, 1992- |
Publication | Fredericton, NB: Goose Lane Editions,[2023]©2023 |
Extent of Item | 125 pages ; |
ISBN | 9781773102856 (trade paperback) |
Other Number | pr07229802 |
General Notes | Two novellas. |
Summary | "A breathtaking duet of spare, poetic novellas documenting the double-edged sword of self-acceptance. Heather Nolan returns with How to Be Alone, a pair of novellas that depict the euphoric highs of a Queer awakening and the crushing lows of feeling Othered in a world that isn't built for you. In this short but weighty book, Nolan explores themes such as isolation, trauma, and loss against the vibrant streets of Montreal. Here, in a city famous for bringing people together, the streets serve as a palette with a different purpose: a foil for those struggling to connect with the world around them. How to Be Alone on Boulevard Saint-Laurent follows a fragmented trail left by Kaitlin, a narrator who finds moments of astonishing absurdity and beauty in the mundane as she wanders along Boulevard Saint-Laurent. In How to Be Alone on Rue Sainte Catherine, Lev moves to the Gay Village in Montreal to escape his mother, but what he finds is not what he expected. A writer of uncommon talent, Nolan creates characters that reveal themselves through an understated confessional -- the empty spaces holding meaning as much as the worded ones"-- |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Interpersonal relations--Fiction |
Self-acceptance--Fiction | |
By Location | Montréal (Québec)--Fiction |
By Genre | Novellas |
Psychological fiction | |
Queer fiction |