A risk-taking, labyrinthine, and absolutely original collection of short stories.
Every Night I Dream I'm a Monk, Every Night I Dream I’m a Monster offers an unfolding puzzle of the human psyche that is at once explosive, funny, dark, sweet, pained, and utterly strange. From the tangled threads of a messed-up family to the timeless themes of consciousness, love, art, and death, Damian Tarnopolsky's narrative journey takes readers through past, present, and future, with stories spanning from 1980s England to present-day Canada to visions of Renaissance France and a world yet to come.
Each tale stands alone in its stylistic direction, only to connect and reflect back on each other in unexpected, touching, and sometimes jarring ways. As characters from different times and places converge, the result is a mosaic of emotions and insights that mirror the complexities of a self in time.
With echoes of Chekhov, Olga Tokarczuk, and Jennifer Egan, this is a collection that transcends the boundaries of traditional storytelling, offering a glimpse into the workings of relationships, inheritance, and experience.
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- Pages
- 304
- Published in
- Calgary, CA
- Rights
- Damian Tarnopolsky
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Back Cover 2
- Inside Cover 3
- Inside Back Cover 4
- Half-Title 1 5
- Title 1 6
- Title 2 7
- Copyright 8
- Dedication 9
- Table of Contents 11
- Half-Title 2 13
- Turtles 15
- In the Parlour 31
- Henry's Baize Suit 47
- Bed 61
- Big Fuzzy Sweater 73
- A Whole Fresh Carapace 93
- You Guys 115
- In Spain 127
- Dumbo 145
- Like Triumph 155
- Hucket's Technic 183
- Handcuffs 233
- With Milinda 267
- Laud We the Gods 285
- My Idea of Perfection 297
- Acknowledgements 305
- About the Author 307
- Also by Damian Tarnopolsky 308
