Daddy Lenin and Other Stories - Hardcover

Vanderhaeghe, Guy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0771099142 ISBN 13: 9780771099144

Publisher: McClelland & Stewart, 2015

Synopsis

Bestselling author Guy Vanderhaeghe’s new book of fiction is both timely and timeless and showcases his supreme talent as a storyteller and poignant observer of the human condition.

Among these nine addictive and resonant stories: A teenage boy breaks out of the strict confines of his family, his bid for independence leads him in over his head. He learns about life in short order and there is no turning back. An actor’s penchant for hiding behind a role, on and off stage, is tested to the limits and what he comes to discover finally places him face to face with the truth. With his mother hospitalized for a nervous condition and his father away on long work stints, a boy is sent to another family for his meals. His gradually building relationship with a teenage daughter who has been left handicapped from Polio opens unexpected doors to the world. In the powerful title story, a middle-aged man remeets his former adviser at university, a charismatic and domineering professor dubbed Daddy Lenin. As their tense reunion progresses, secrets from the past painfully revise remembered events and threaten to topple the scaffolding of a marriage.

With Daddy Lenin and Other Stories, award-winning author Guy Vanderhaeghe returns once again to the form that launched his stellar literary career. Here is a grand master writing at the height of his powers.

About this title

About the Author:

GUY VANDERHAEGHE was born in Esterhazy, Saskatchewan, in 1951. His previous fiction includes A Good Man, The Last Crossing, The Englishman’s Boy, Things as They Are (stories), Homesick, My Present Age, Man Descending (stories). Among the many awards he has received are the Governor General’s Awards (twice); and, for his body of work, The Pierre Elliot Trudeau Fellowship, the Writers’ Trust Timothy Findley Award, and the Harbourfront Literary Prize. He has received many honours including the Order of Canada.

Review:

WINNER 2015 — Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction
Globe and Mail 100 — 2015

“In Daddy Lenin, master storyteller Guy Vanderhaeghe strips away the layers to reveal deeper, and sometimes darker truths about our ways, and our world.  Brilliant and breathtaking.”
—Terry Fallis
 
“Guy Vanderhaeghe is without a doubt one of Canada's finest writers. In this dynamic collection of stories, he is at the top of his game; funny, smart, and wickedly insightful.  A virtuoso performance.”
—Steven Galloway
More Praise for Guy Vanderhaeghe:

"Guy Vanderhaeghe [is] one of North America's best writers."
—Annie Proulx, Globe and Mail 

"Vanderhaeghe is a superb writer who packs authenticity into every detail."
—Seattle Times 

"Vanderhaeghe is a prodigiously gifted writer ... comparable to McMurtry at his best."
—Publishers Weekly

About this edition

• Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0771099142
• ISBN 13: 9780771099144
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272