Review
'[Blouin] creates vivid images using a storytelling format that bounces readers from one seemingly random memory to another ... each recollection revealed in the author's beautifully lean and powerful voice.' – Ottawa Citizen
'With deftness and self-assurance, Michael Blouin has built an undeniable world in Chase and Haven. His crisp, Gowdy-like prose and cutting observations compel. Blouin knows what goes on inside of people, and between them – what is said, and what is unsaid. He is a storyteller to watch.' – Emily Schultz, author of Heaven Is Small
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'[Blouin] creates vivid images using a storytelling format that bounces readers from one seemingly random memory to another ... each recollection revealed in the author's beautifully lean and powerful voice.'
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'In the balance struck between the wild and the restrained, one can sense Blouin's confidence and maturity as a stylist ... The work succeeds marvelously at evoking atmosphere and pity.'
About the Author
Michael Blouin lives near Ottawa. His previous books, I'm not going to lie to you (poetry, Pedlar Press, 2007) and Chase and Haven (fiction, Coach House Books, 2009) were nominated for the Lampman Scott Award and the Amazon First Novel Award, respectively.
