Bow Grip: A Novel - Softcover

Coyote, Ivan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1551522136 ISBN 13: 9781551522135

Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press, 2007

Synopsis

Ivan E. Coyote is one of North America’s most beguiling storytellers and the author of three story collections, including Loose End, which was shortlisted for the Ferro-Grumley Award for Fiction in 2006. Bow Grip, Coyote’s first novel, is a breathtaking story about love and loneliness; in it, a good-hearted, small-town mechanic struggles to deal with a wife who has left him for another woman until a used cello and an acquaintance’s suicide attempt compel him to make some changes in his life. With quiet authority, Bow Grip is about one man’s true rite of passage—trying to keep the ghosts of personal history at bay with a heart that’s as big as the endless prairie sky.

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About the Author

Ivan E. Coyote is originally from the Yukon, and now lives in Vancouver. She is the author of three previous story collections and the award-winning novel, Bow Grip.

Review

Ivan E. Coyote is a natural-born storyteller.... This book presents a compelling, positive image of just what manhood can be.
Rabble.ca (Rabble.ca)

This graceful novel's storytelling strength comes from the compassionate interactions of the warmly authentic characters.
―Books to Watch Out For! (Books to Watch Out F)

A page-turner that also mirrors the intricacies of life. . . . Coyote shows how two worlds often collide and combine -- how something beautiful can come of disaster.
Xtra! (Xtra!)

(Starred review) In this story of an everyman rediscovering that life is special, Coyote is telling all our stories, and it's impossible to read the novel without feeling like the author has been sneaking around behind us observing the way we live and the way we think.... Keep your eyes on this writer.
Booklist (Booklist)

An ode to the value of change and staying awake to possibilities, and a moving illustration of how chance unfortunate events can transform into the marvelous.
Calgary Herald (Calgary Herald)

One of Billy Wilder's rules for writing was, "Grab 'em by the throat and never let 'em go." Ivan Coyote has a gentler approach. In her first novel, just as in her wonderful stories, she sits you down, takes you by the hand, and draws you in with humour, grace, insight, compassion, and conversational ease. Hers are the welcoming, confiding gifts of the kitchen table storyteller, and Bow Grip will bring many more friends into her circle.
Bill Richardson (Bill Richardson Bill Richardson)

An unexpectedly moral tale with an undercurrent of humour and irony that is irresistible.... This first novel mimics her short stories in its quiet pacing, unassuming narrative and straightforward language. She has mastered the smalltown psyche without a single false note.... Coyote may have revived something literature has desperately needed for a while: the truly decent hero.
―The Globe and Mail (The Globe and Mail)

A heartfelt, amusing page-turner with characters recognizable from the working-class walk of life.
TheTyee.ca (The Tyee.ca)

After three acclaimed collections that blurred the line between fiction and autobiography, coyote has written her first novel...This graceful novel's storytelling strength comes from the compassionate interactions of the warmly authentic characters.
Book Marks (Book Marks)

First-time novelist Ivan E. Coyote proves that she's not only a sprinter, but a middle-distance runner.... [Coyote] is right at home with Joey's quest and his voice, and spins a fine, moving story.
Matrix Magazine (Matrix Magazine)

About this edition

• Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1551522136
• ISBN 13: 9781551522135
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 224