The Push & the Pull - Softcover

Whetter, Darryl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0864925077 ISBN 13: 9780864925077

Publisher: Goose Lane Editions, 2008

Synopsis

Andrew Day embarks on a bicycle trip from Halifax to Kingston, his childhood home. As he goes, the dual narratives of Andrew's life emerge: the slow, painful death of his father and the disappearance of Betty, who may be lost to him forever. He contemplates, too, the nature of desire.

En route, Andrew sloughs off his fears, material goods, and attachments. In episodes of intensifying violence, he leaves the highway and rides the back roads under the cover of night. By the time he arrives home, an epiphany greets him.

Darryl Whetter writes with compelling intensity of athleticism and degeneration, isolation and community, the weight of desire and the joy and anguish present in all things.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Cycling from east to west, Andrew Day pushes through a past that threatens to pull him under. As he sloughs off his fears, material goods, and attachments, he finally gains momentum for what lies ahead. In this dazzling work of fiction, Darryl Whetter propels his readers into a world as redolent with physicality as it is with revelation. The result is an experience rife with the intensity of living and the raw weight of desire.

About the Author:

Darryl Whetter is the author of A Sharp Tooth in the Fur, named by the Globe and Mail as one of the top 100 books for 2003. His stories have appeared in Best Canadian Stories '05, the Fiddlehead, Prism International, broken pencil, Zygote, Exile, the Danforth Review, and the New Quarterly. He is a regular guest on CBC Radio's Talking Books and a contributor to the Globe and Mail, the Vancouver Sun, the Toronto Star, and the Chronicle Herald.

About this edition

• Publisher: Goose Lane Editions
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0864925077
• ISBN 13: 9780864925077
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 328