<b>Named a Best Book of the Year by <i>The New Yorker<\/i>, CBC Books, and the <i>Globe and Mail.<\/i><br>From Giller Prize finalist Alexander MacLeod comes a magnificent collection about the needs, temptations, and tensions that exist just beneath the surface of our lives.\u00a0Named a Canadian Fiction title to watch by the CBC, <i>Quill & Quire<\/i>, and 49th Shelf, and a \u00ab\u00a0must-read book\u00a0\u00bb by <i>Maclean’s<\/i>. Featuring stories published in <i>The New Yorker<\/i>, <i>Granta<\/i>, and the <i>O. Henry Prize Stories<\/i>.<\/b><br><br>Startling, suspenseful, deeply humane yet alert to the undertow of our darker instincts, the eight stories in <i>Animal Person<\/i> illuminate what it means to exist in the perilous space between desire and action, and to have your faith in what you hold true buckle and give way.<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0A petty argument between two sisters is interrupted by an unexpected visitor. Adjoining motel rooms connect a family on the brink of a new life with a criminal whose legacy will haunt them for years to come. A connoisseur of other people\u2019s secrets is undone by what he finds in a piece of lost luggage. In the wake of a tragic accident, a young man must contend with what is owed to the living and to the dead. And in the O. Henry Award-winning story \u201cLagomorph,\u201d a man\u2019s relationship with his family\u2019s long-lived pet rabbit opens up to become a profound exploration of how a marriage fractures.<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Muscular and tender, beautifully crafted, and alive with an elemental power, these stories explore the struggle for meaning and connection in an age when many of us feel cut off from so much, not least ourselves. This is a collection that beats with raw emotion and shimmers with the complexity of our shared human experience, and it confirms Alexander MacLeod\u2019s reputation as a modern master of the short story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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