Death may seem a grim subject matter but, in the capable hands of Suzanne Myre, nothing is beyond humour. Though at times sincere, sorrowful, and even a tad gruesome, Death Sentences is also wry, mordant, and amusingly ironic.
Death Sentences features 13 unique short stories, thematically united by death, sex, and existential angst. Solitary and dejected characters explore Montreal’s parks and alleys, seeking comfort and contending with their own everyday tragedies. A woman contemplates the deadly consequences of an almond croissant; another escapes her worries in a monastery. Precocious children’s fates are intertwined with a Rottweiler’s. Young girls fall in love with the most unlikely partners and a woman seeks salvation in a most unconventional way. The tales in Death Sentences intrigue, surprise, and entertain, from one page to the next.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 843/.6
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Translation of: Mises à mort Short stories Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 9780776621708 9780776622095
- LCCN
- PQ3919.3.M97
- LCCN Item number
- M5713 2014eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xiii, 123 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00915081 (OCoLC)898086071 (CaOOCEL)448996
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Title Page 4
- Table of Contents 6
- Preface 8
- Vile City 16
- The Birthday Gift 24
- Missing Hug 28
- Cell Phones in the Air 44
- Bitter Ashes 50
- Don’t Fall Asleep! 58
- Felix and the Cat 66
- He Loves Her So Much 76
- Spot of Salvation 82
- In the Box 92
- Death of a Guard Dog 100
- Marie, to Death 106
- Mona’s Retreat 114
