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Through mesmerizing forays into characterization, voicing, and narrative technique, and with a clean economy of style rare even in short fiction, Astrid Blodgett conjures full-fledged characters in the throes of realistic moments, to bear their moral and existential freight in these thirteen stories. From the fascinatingly unhinged hero of "Getting the Cat," to the dream

Through mesmerizing forays into characterization, voicing, and narrative technique, and with a clean economy of style rare even in short fiction, Astrid Blodgett conjures full-fledged characters in the throes of realistic moments, to bear their moral and existential freight in these thirteen stories. From the fascinatingly unhinged hero of "Getting the Cat," to the dreamy survey of prairie landscape and childhood experience of "New Summer Dresses," to the fatal irony of "Ice Break," readers will be hooked from first sentences and carried along on crisp prose. You Haven't Changed a Bit shimmers with the energy of a first book while affording readers the subtlety, complexity, and range of an accomplished master of the genre.

Astrid Blodgett is a freelance writer and editor living in Edmonton.

Blodgett's debut collection is a prime example of literary short fiction: she satisfies the voyeuristic impulse; her voice is like clear water; she attends to ordinariness with reverence. 'My God, this is brilliant!'" Scott Hayes, St. In this quiet prelude of tragedy, Blodgett has crafted a tale that lives in your mind long after you've broken through." Jurors' remarks, Journey Prize"Astrid Blodgett explores lives in flashpoint and innocence meeting regret forever in "You Haven't Changed a Bit" (University of Alberta Press). *** ½ out of 4" Dave Jenkinson, CM Magazine, February 21, 2014 Full article at bit/1eHenNr"The characters in Astrid Blodgett's You Haven't Changed a Bit live rather than perform. Even under the scrutiny of the reader, the characters act without the self-consciousness of being trapped in fiction. Details are carefully chosen to reflect larg

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• Title : You Haven't Changed a Bit, and Other Stories (Robert Kroetsch Series of Canadian Creative Works)
• Author : Astrid Blodgett
• Rating : 4.91 (188 Vote)
• Publish : 2016-5-17
• Format : Paperback
• Pages : 176 Pages
• Asin : 0888646445
• Language : English