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The Divinity Gene (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781553656036)
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xA mob of teens descends upon Paris in the thrall of a self-help author; a grotesque yard-sale statuette frees a dying man from his silence; the hottest club in town is staffed by angels. This is the uncanny world of The Divinity Gene, Matthew J. Trafford's debut story collection, and it bristles with humour, pathos, and imaginative power.
Skewering urban culture even as it conjures up the magic in the mundane, the stories of "The Divinity Gene" map the frailty of the human heart. Caught in the crosshairs of faith and science, its characters-bereaved, sidelined, cast adrift-journey forth to undiscovered places, in search of something to believe in, someone to love, always with disarming results. A passionately devout scientist clones Jesus Christ from the DNA contained in holy relics; a man makes a Faustian cyber deal with the devil for the sake of his family; bereaved parents sign on for an unorthodox government reparations project following a school tragedy.
Masterfully original, deeply human, "The Divinity Gene" introduces a bold and evocative new writer.
Author: Matthew J. Trafford
ISBN-10: 1553656032
ISBN-13: 9781553656036
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
Language: English
Published: 08/23/2011
Pages: 191
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.60d
Review Citation(s):
Quill & Quire 03/01/2011 pg. 25
Publishers Weekly 09/05/2011
Skewering urban culture even as it conjures up the magic in the mundane, the stories of "The Divinity Gene" map the frailty of the human heart. Caught in the crosshairs of faith and science, its characters-bereaved, sidelined, cast adrift-journey forth to undiscovered places, in search of something to believe in, someone to love, always with disarming results. A passionately devout scientist clones Jesus Christ from the DNA contained in holy relics; a man makes a Faustian cyber deal with the devil for the sake of his family; bereaved parents sign on for an unorthodox government reparations project following a school tragedy.
Masterfully original, deeply human, "The Divinity Gene" introduces a bold and evocative new writer.
Author: Matthew J. Trafford
ISBN-10: 1553656032
ISBN-13: 9781553656036
Publisher: Douglas & McIntyre
Language: English
Published: 08/23/2011
Pages: 191
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.60d
Review Citation(s):
Quill & Quire 03/01/2011 pg. 25
Publishers Weekly 09/05/2011
By Matthew J. Trafford
xMatthew J. Trafford's fiction has appeared in The Malahat Review and Matrix and has been anthologized in "Darwin's Bastards: Astounding Tales from Tomorrow." He has won the Far Horizons Award for Short Fiction and an honourable mention at the National Magazine Awards and has twice been shortlisted for the CBC Literary Prize. He lives in Toronto, where he works with deaf college students and performs long-form improv with his brother in their two-person troupe, The Bromos.
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