· From the streets of Danang, Vietnam, where a boy falls in with a young American missionary, to fishermen lost on the islands of Honduras, to the Canadian prairies, where an aging rancher finds himself smitten and a teenage boy’s infatuation reveals his naiveté, the short stories in Here the Dark chronicle the geographies of both place and heart. Featuring a novella about a young Brand: Bergen, David. Here the Dark: A Novella and Stories. David Bergen. Biblioasis. pages, softcover and ebook. R aised in Niverville, in a devoutly Mennonite household, the son of a Mennonite pastor, David Bergen still calls Manitoba home. In his fiction, he raises fundamental questions about religious belief and prevailing doubt in the modern world. From the streets of Danang, Vietnam, where a boy falls in with a young American missionary, to fishermen lost off the islands of Honduras, to the Canadian prairies, where a teenage boy’s infatuation reveals his naiveté and an aging rancher finds himself smitten, the short stories in Here the Dark explore the spaces between doubt and belief, evil and good, obscurity and light. Following men /5(48).
Praise for Here the Dark "Sexual loneliness and moral confusion pull at the delicately wrought characters in David Bergen's latest work, a story collection of masterly skill and tension. His third appearance on the Giller shortlist—including the winner, The Time in Between —affirms Bergen among Canada's most powerful writers. For Here the Dark, Lindy was shocked to find it on the Longlist and even more so to find it on the Shortlist. However, both Lindy and Naomi point to the novella, the titular story, as being the most promising aspect of this collection. The earliest story in Here the Dark, How Can 'N' Men Share a Bottle of Vodka, dates back to the late s, and won Bergen the CBC Literary Award for short fiction. Many of the other shorter.
From the streets of Danang, Vietnam, where a boy falls in with a young American missionary, to fishermen lost on the islands of Honduras, to the Canadian prairies, where an aging rancher finds himself smitten and a teenage boy’s infatuation reveals his naiveté, the short stories in Here the Dark chronicle the geographies of both place and heart. Featuring a novella about a young woman torn between faith and doubt in a cloistered Mennonite community, David Bergen’s latest deftly renders. by David Bergen, canlit, bingo, Here the Dark: A Novella and Stories: ISBN: Format Type: Readers Enjoyed Here the Dark: A Novella and Stories Also. Author/Creator: Bergen, David, www.doorway.ruation: Windsor, Ontario: Biblioasis, [] Format/Description: Book pages ; 21 cm Edition: First edition.
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