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The Truth About the Barn offers answers to important questions about how barns came into being, why they look the way they do, why they’re worth reflecting on, and what possible future they may have. With wit and romanticism, David Elias investigates the barn’s place in culture and religion, art and literature, exploring psychological and philosophical implications of barns over time.
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“At times tender, sometimes angry, always aware, Elias writes about the pain and humour and beauty of what happens in the barn, and what we dream of it. His is an intimate knowledge of barns and of the creatures who inhabit them, people too.” — Dennis Cooley, author of Correction Line
“We count on writers to show the remarkable in the ordinary, to enable us to see anew what has become familiar. David Elias has done just that in The Truth About the Barn. Never will we look at a barn in the same way again. He elevates this commonplace structure to a cultural, historical artifact…In stark, visceral scenes he details some of the more brutal tasks of animal husbandry that were forced on him by a harsh, insensitive father who, at one time, housed thousands of turkeys in a massive barn. In these scenes we are reminded of the powerful, chilling aspects of his novel Waiting for Elvis—and also of the emotive reach of this gifted writer’s prose.” — Marjorie Anderson, editor of the national bestselling Dropped Threads anthologies
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“Written with something of a stream-of-consciousness approach, the book engagingly drifts from one folksy rumination to the next…It’s as if you’re overhearing farmers chatting at the local feed store, and you’re not too surprised when you discover they all have PhDs.” — Literary Review of Canada
Author Biography
David Elias is the author of six books, most recently Elizabeth of Bohemia. His fiction has been nominated for a number of awards, including the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction for Elizabeth of Bohemia, The Books in Canada First Novel Award for Sunday Afternoon and The Journey Prize for his short story, How I Crossed Over. His work has appeared in literary magazines and anthologies across the country, and in addition to writing he spends time as an editor, writer-in-residence, mentor and creative writing instructor. He lives in Winnipeg, Canada.
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Great Plains Publications
Great Plains Publications Ltd. is an independent publisher based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and committed to bringing you the very best books from the Prairies – a region we believe has an abundance of quality writers. We also publish fiction from authors across the country in our imprints, Enfield & Wizenty and Yellow Dog.
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- Publisher Great Plains Publications
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781773370507
- Publication Country or regionCanada
- FormatPaperback
- Pages168
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleEnglish
- Original Language AuthorsEnglish
- Copyright Year2020
- Dimensions9 x 6 inches
- Illustrationblack and white photos and illustrations
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