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Despair and Other Stories of Ottawa
Despair and Other Stories of Ottawa is André Alexis’s distinctive debut collection of eight literary stories, blending familiar urban life with unsettling, fantastical and darkly comic elements. Set largely around Canada’s capital, the stories look beneath outwardly ordinary lives to reveal strange desires, anxieties and imaginative undercurrents. The collection was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize in the Canada and Caribbean region.
This is the 1998 McClelland & Stewart softcover edition, following the book’s original 1994 publication by Coach House Press. The complete number and year lines indicate a first printing of this McClelland & Stewart edition. ISBN 0-7710-0666-7.
Signed by André Alexis on the title page and dated 17 September 1998, with “Cobourg” written beneath the date. No recipient’s name is visible. The book is in Very Good condition, with light general handling and minor edge and corner wear to the wrappers. The photographed title and copyright pages appear clean apart from the author’s inscription. Issued in softcover without a dust jacket.
Please review all photographs carefully, as they form part of the description. The book will be packaged carefully to help protect it in transit.
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Despair and Other Stories of Ottawa is André Alexis’s distinctive debut collection of eight literary stories, blending familiar urban life with unsettling, fantastical and darkly comic elements. Set largely around Canada’s capital, the stories look beneath outwardly ordinary lives to reveal strange desires, anxieties and imaginative undercurrents. The collection was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize in the Canada and Caribbean region.
This is the 1998 McClelland & Stewart softcover edition, following the book’s original 1994 publication by Coach House Press. The complete number and year lines indicate a first printing of this McClelland & Stewart edition. ISBN 0-7710-0666-7.
Signed by André Alexis on the title page and dated 17 September 1998, with “Cobourg” written beneath the date. No recipient’s name is visible. The book is in Very Good condition, with light general handling and minor edge and corner wear to the wrappers. The photographed title and copyright pages appear clean apart from the author’s inscription. Issued in softcover without a dust jacket.
Please review all photographs carefully, as they form part of the description. The book will be packaged carefully to help protect it in transit.
