{"product_id":"the-journey-prize-stories-29-isbn-9780771048203","title":"The Journey Prize Stories 29","description":"Like \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eO. Henry Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Pushcart Prize\u003c\/i\u003e, and the\u003ci\u003e Best American Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e series, \u003ci\u003eThe Journey Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most celebrated annual literary anthologies in North America. For almost 30 years, the anthology has consistently introduced readers to the next generation of great Canadian authors, a tradition that proudly continues with this latest edition. With settings ranging from wartime China to an island off the coast of British Columbia, the ten stories in this collection represent the year's best short fiction by some of our most exciting emerging voices.     \u003cbr\u003e        A young boy who believes he is being stalked by an unstoppable, malevolent entity discovers that he may not be the only one. In a sweeping story set against the fall of Shanghai during the Second Sino-Japanese War, a pregnant woman waits anxiously for her doctor husband to leave the city before it's too late. A river that runs through a First Nations community is the source of sustenance, escape, and tragedy for a girl and her family. The haunting footage of the politically motivated self-immolation has unexpected reverberations for a Tibetan-Canadian woman dealing with multiple conflicts in her own life. A man who works a back-breaking job at an industrial mat cleaning service is pushed to his limit. When her mother has to return to Kinshasa to bury a family member, a girl gradually learns of the intricacy and depth of grief, in an evocative piece that illuminates the cultural gaps common within immigrant families, and the power of food and stories to bridge them.     \u003cbr\u003e        The stories included in the anthology are contenders for the $10,000 Journey Prize, which is made possible by Pulitzer Prize-winning author James A. Michener's donation of Canadian royalties from his novel \u003ci\u003eJourney\u003c\/i\u003e, which McClelland \u0026amp; Stewart published in 1988. The 2017 winner will be announced by the Writers' Trust of Canada in November 2017.\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Journey Prize Stories\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e • \"The collection consistently does what the oeuvre does best: communicate intense emotion with force, give life to characters that struggle with their circumstances, illuminate the universal through the specific and the particular, and turn the commonplace into art.\" \u003ci\u003e--Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003eKEVIN HARDCASTLE is a fiction writer from Simcoe County, Ontario. He is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eIn the Cage\u003c\/i\u003e and the short story collection \u003ci\u003eDebris\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Trillium Book Award, was runner-up for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award, and was a finalist for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize. His short fiction has been widely published in Canada and the United States, in journals such as \u003ci\u003eThe Malahat Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Puritan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEVENT\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eShenandoah\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has been anthologized in \u003ci\u003eThe Journey Prize Stories \u003c\/i\u003e24 \u0026amp; 26, \u003ci\u003eBest Canadian Stories 15\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eInternazionale\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives and works in Toronto.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGRACE O'CONNELL is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eBe Ready for the Lightning \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMagnified World\u003c\/i\u003e, the latter of which was a national bestseller and a \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail 100 \u003c\/i\u003eselected book. She was the 2014 winner of the Canadian Authors Association Emerging Writer Award, and her work has appeared in publi­cations such as the \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eELLE Canada, This Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Journey Prize Stories 24, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTaddle Creek\u003c\/i\u003e, where she previously served as Associate Editor. She holds an MFA in creative writing and teaches at the University of Toronto while working as a freelance writer and editor.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAYELET TSABARI was born in Israel to a large family of Yemeni descent. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eThe Best Place on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature and the Edward Lewis Wallant Award, and was long listed for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award. The book was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eEditors' Choice, a \u003ci\u003eKirkus Review\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of 2016, and has been published internationally to great acclaim. Excerpts from her forthcoming book have won a National Magazine Award and a Western Magazine Award. She lives in Toronto. The author lives in Toronto, ON.","brand":"McClelland \u0026 Stewart","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305051410661,"sku":"NP9780771048203","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780771048203.jpg?v=1767740016","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-journey-prize-stories-29-isbn-9780771048203","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}