{"product_id":"traplines-isbn-9780676970265","title":"Traplines","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom a writer whom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003edubbed Canada’s “Generation X laureate” comes a quartet of haunting, unforgettable tales of young people stuck in the inescapable prison of family\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book and winner of Britain’s prestigious Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize, \u003ci\u003eTraplines \u003c\/i\u003eis the book that introduced the world to Canadian author Eden Robinson. In three stories and a novella, Robinson explodes the idea of family as a nurturing safe haven through a progression of domestic horrors experienced by her young, often helpless protagonists. With her mesmerizing, dark skill, the author ushers us into these worlds of violence and abuse, where family loyalty sometimes means turning a blind eye to murder, and survival itself can be viewed as an act of betrayal.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the title story, for a teenager named Will growing up on a Native reserve in northwestern Canada, guilt, race, and blind fidelity are the shackles chaining him to the everyday cruelty and abuse he is forced to endure. In “Dogs in Winter,” a girl recalls life with her serial-killer mother and fears for her own future. A young teen and the sadistic, psychopathic cousin who comes to live with him engage in a cat-and-mouse game that soon escalates out of control in “Contact Sports,” while in the final story, “Queen of the North,” a young Native girl deals in her own way with sexual molestation at the hands of a pedophile uncle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach of these tales is vivid, intense, and disturbing, and Robinson renders them unforgettable with her deft flair for storytelling and a surprising touch of humor.\"Effectively anonymous, deadpan prose [that] assimilates the discovery that Canadians are as weird and violent as anyone else on the continent.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a fine book — unflinching, moving and shockingly, bloodily funny. Eden Robinson  offers a raw, muscular, urgent new voice: she writes from the heart, and the more  of that, the better.\" —A.L. Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Robinson is good, frighteningly good. She is  a leader in the pack of young writers willing to take on the nasty underside of human  experience, and she does it with unwavering nerve and startling humour. She'll make  you laugh when you know you shouldn't.... She'll tickle and slap you with the same  hand.\" —Gail Anderson-Dargatz\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"A subtle, brutal, and compelling read.\" —Esther Freud\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\"These [stories] are human dramas which she narrates in a style that is disarming  in its simplicity and brutal in its honesty. Combining pathos with biting humour,  each of these beautifully crafted narratives has a sting.... Menacing but brilliantly  conceived narrative[s].\" —\u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\"... the Vancouver-based author  may well be the first native writer to earn an international reputation ...\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003ci\u003eMaclean's\u003c\/i\u003e 100 Canadians to Watch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Robinson probes the gritty unpleasant aspects of her culture  in an unflinching and honest manner.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Edmonton Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"I was not prepared  for the forceful way in which Eden Robinson's four stories ... captured my attention  and permeated my subconscious... Even weeks later ... my mind continued to dwell  on ... the four stories.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\"Eden Robinson is one of those rare  artists who comes to writing with a skill and maturity that has taken the rest of  us decades to achieve.\" —Thomas KingEDEN ROBINSON is the author of a collection of novellas called \u003ci\u003eTraplines\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Winifred Holtby Prize in the UK. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eMonkey Beach\u003c\/i\u003e, won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and was a finalist for the Giller Prize and the Governor General's Award for Fiction. It was followed by\u003ci\u003e Blood Sports\u003c\/i\u003e, and then \u003ci\u003eSon of a Trickster\u003c\/i\u003e, the first instalment of her trilogy, which was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and Canada Reads. \u003ci\u003eTrickster Drift\u003c\/i\u003e, the second book in the trilogy, won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. In 2017, Eden was awarded the Writers' Trust Fellowship. She lives in Kitimat, BC.","brand":"Vintage Canada","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302859493605,"sku":"NP9780676970265","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780676970265.jpg?v=1767742910","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/traplines-isbn-9780676970265","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}