Maria Reva’s debut novel, Endling, is a nested narrative that freely incorporates fact and fiction
Reva knows that the happy ending she provides midway through the novel is not only fiction, but a betrayal of the truth.
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Reva knows that the happy ending she provides midway through the novel is not only fiction, but a betrayal of the truth.
"Do the stories we tell reflect the world as it truly is, or did we simply start off with the wrong story?"
The title of Mc Donnell's book alludes to a newsroom cliché deployed in the early stages of an ongoing crisis or upheaval.
"Questioning which is true questioning is only possible for people who have some excellence of intelligence, character, and formation."
The novel was chosen by a jury composed of former Giller nominees Dionne Irving, Loghan Paylor, and Deepa Rajagopalan.
The slipperiness of words is part of Sze's fascination here, as are the empty spaces that require filling.
Reva's novel was also longlisted for this year's Booker Prize and shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award in English-language fiction.
In its elliptical prose style and Eastern European sensibility, Szalay's novel reads like a cross between Ernest Hemingway and Milan Kundera.
Each of the fourteen winners, seven in English and seven in French, receive $25,000.
Karen Solie's Wellwater (House of Anansi Press) is nominated in the English-language poetry category