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Subtitles & Other Stories
Guernica Editions, Fall 2012
200 pages
Trade Paperback
ISBN13: 9781550716542
ISBN10: 1550716549
English
$15.00 Canada, $15.00 US
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From celebrated Toronto poet, Domenico Capilongo, comes a collection of powerful and humorous stories inspired by love: the love of family and tradition, the passion shared between two people when love is found, and the impact felt when it is misunderstood and lost. These stories travel the globe from Toronto to Vancouver, WWII Sicily, Rome, Japan, Thailand, and even the gardens of Paris. Capilongo succeeds in capturing the beat of relationships in their many stages of complicated development. His debut short fiction collection shows the keen eye of a writer who is not afraid to reveal the inner workings of love.
These short stories, striking in their immediacy and sensory detail, touch on both the everyday and the pivotal moments that define a life. Sometimes funny, sometimes sad, they capture the fragility and unpredictability of human experience.
Shari Lapena, Author of Historical Economies
Capilongo's stories have a directness and candour that goes straight to the heart, never sentimental but always rich with emotion and with the texture of real life.
Nino Ricci
Capilongo's stories read like memories, vivid and fully realized, funny and poignant. The details of time, place and characters in these stories are what makes them both particular and universal. Most importantly, it's what makes them so damn fun to read.
Matt Duggan, author of the novel Cherry Elecktra
Awards
- ReLit Award (shortlisted)
Books by Domenico Capilongo
