Circus
Claire Battershill
McClelland & Stewart
<p><b>A debut collection of award-winning stories that combine the emotional punch, sharp wit, and disarming charm of Rebecca Lee, Karen Russell, Zsuzsi Gartner, Neil Smith, Jessica Grant, and Miriam Toews.</b> <br>     Ladies and gentlemen! Boys and girls! Step right up and be prepared to be dazzled by this delightful debut from Claire Battershill, winner of the 2008 CBC Literary Award and co-winner of the 2013 CAA Emerging Writer Award. <br>     As Battershill's stories transport us from a circus to the British Museum, and from the Winter Olympics to Miniatureland, they conjure familiar dilemmas as glimpsed through an irresistibly unconventional lens. In "Brothers," a young family moves into an idyllic country home only to have their dreams of the pastoral life disrupted by the inconvenient presence of two elderly shepherds. Jump-a-thons, track meets, and the world of competitive winter sports provide the backdrop for a young man's coming of age in "Two-Man Luge: A Love Story."...</br></br></p>