Burn Man: Selected Stories -- Mark Anthony Jarman, Paperback

"Literature at the highest level: heartrending, disquieting, fascinating."--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Drawing together the best of his short fiction published over the last four decades, Burn Man: Selected Stories showcases Mark Anthony Jarman's sharply observed characters and acrobatic, voice-driven prose in stories that walk the tightrope between the commonplace and the mystical. With an insightful introduction from John Metcalf, this revelatory selection highlights one of the most spirited and singular masters of the short story form.

Author: Mark Anthony Jarman
Publisher: Biblioasis
Published: 01/16/2024
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781771965477

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2023

About the Author
Mark Anthony Jarman is the author of Touch Anywhere to Begin, Czech Techno, Knife Party at the Hotel Europa, My White Planet, 19 Knives, New Orleans Is Sinking, Dancing Nightly in the Tavern, and the travel book Ireland's Eye. His novel, Salvage King Ya!, is on Amazon.ca's list of 50 Essential Canadian Books and is the number one book on Amazon's list of best hockey fiction. Widely published in both Canada and the US, Jarman is a graduate of The Iowa Writers' Workshop, a Yaddo fellow, has taught at the University of Victoria, the Banff Centre for the Arts, and the University of New Brunswick where he is fiction editor of The Fiddlehead literary journal.