Frankie McMillan

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The Father of Octopus Wrestling: And Other Small FictionsPaperback, 11 November 2019

The Father of Octopus Wrestling: And Other Small Fictions
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Print Length
146 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Canterbury University Press
Date Published
11 Nov 2019
ISBN-10
1988503124
ISBN-13
9781988503127

Description

Darkly comic, surreal and full of perceptiveness about human vulnerability and eccentricity, Frankie McMillan's small fictions often duck and dive away from the reader's expectations. With a poet's sense of how single words or phrases ripple out with alternate meanings, and a dramatist's feeling for how apparently small gestures reveal character, and how sudden, cataclysmic change can wrench us out of comfort, routine and unthinking assumptions, the author leaves us ransacking the language for finer genre definitions. This collection teems with both the animal world and a vivid circus of quirky human individuals. The pieces globe-trot all over the planet: from Russia to America to New Zealand; and yet often their piquant wisdom comes from how they bear down into 'micro-geography' of intimate relationships: the troughs, peaks, cliff-sides, the warm, still pools of recognition. Frankie McMillan is like a quietly outrageous Zen master, showing us human folly and idiocy, steering us carefully over the dark river of vulnerability that swells under it all. 'The Father of Octopus Wrestling, and other small fictions' is an artisan production, designed and printed by Ilam Press, Ilam School of Fine Arts.

Product Details

Author:
Frankie McMillan
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
11 November 2019
Dimensions:
22.86 x 16.76 x 1.27 cm
ISBN-10:
1988503124
ISBN-13:
9781988503127
Language:
English
Pages:
146
Weight:
272.16 gm

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