I, Manitobus
various contributors, edited by Harrison Livermoore
Though the province has long been a hotbed of some of North America's most interesting literature, this anthology serves as a first for Manitoba writers. From Kristy Koffers to Moe McNally, I, Manitobus features all-new, previously unpublished works of short fiction from established successes and new prodigies alike. Evocative and rich, these stories speak to us of a world filled with grace, lucidity, power, and sharp wit -- in true Manitoba style!
Excerpt from Lessons in Adulthood from I, Manitobus
"The roads of my childhood were long and empty, snow-bound ribbons stretching through snow-bound fields like cauterized wounds of winter. Not the kind of place you want to learn to drive, though traffic wasn't a problem. Albert had helped me out -- he wasn't quite an uncle, wasn't quite a family friend, but something or other to do with my aunt, and even as a teenager, I never bothered to ask why or how it was that he came to be around. One thing I knew was that he had always been fond of breaking away from regulations, finding loopholes, and for that reason, I both admired and suspected him. It was his truck that I first stepped into for my driving lesson, a green Bronco that he'd rigged up with a makeshift brake pedal in the passenger side, jutting out of the floor, a tangible mockery of government rules that said training in such a vehicle would be necessary in working towards the all-important license. Stepping into the truck -- a mistake to say it like this. It was a climb as high as getting into a Greyhound bus, but so different. By climbing into Albert's Bronco, I was climbing into a world where I wouldn't need busses anymore, wouldn't need to wait till Sunday morning in the frostbite to catch a ride south to the Peg. I would be able to go myself. Albert, of all people, would help me. And willingly."
0-90210-82-0
Fiction (softcover), 145mm x 210mm
233 pp
$16.95 (Can), $12.50 (US)