Army of the Brave and Accidental

Army of the Brave and Accidental

Alex Boyd
$19.95

 


A genre-bending retelling of The OdysseyArmy of the Brave and Accidental is a modern fable: a story about relationships, parenthood, and trying to have an impact on the world told from the shifting perspectives of ten characters. A hundred years after James Joyce stitched together a version of the epic tale, Canadian writer and essayist Alex Boyd updates the story as a reflection of Canadian twenty-first-century culture, allowing it to take a radically different cultural snapshot. These reimaginings newly create and colour a contemporary view of modern love without compromising any of the pitfalls or exaltations.

Army of the Brave and Accidental is funny, deft, wise and poetic all at once. The epic spans major cities such as Toronto and New York and is a coming-of-age story, a journey, a love story and a tragi-comedy.


Prize(s): Short-listed ReLit Award for Novel (2019) 

“...timely, original and profound.”

–Alex Good, CNQ Magazine

 


Nightwood Editions
ISBN: 9780889713413
Paperback / softback
5.25 in x 8.13 in - 192 pp
Publication Date: 28/04/2018
BISAC Subject(s):: FIC019000-FICTION / Literary,FIC004000-FICTION / Classics,FIC010000-FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology 
Thema Subject(s):: FB-Fiction: general & literary

Description


A genre-bending retelling of The OdysseyArmy of the Brave and Accidental is a modern fable: a story about relationships, parenthood, and trying to have an impact on the world told from the shifting perspectives of ten characters. A hundred years after James Joyce stitched together a version of the epic tale, Canadian writer and essayist Alex Boyd updates the story as a reflection of Canadian twenty-first-century culture, allowing it to take a radically different cultural snapshot. These reimaginings newly create and colour a contemporary view of modern love without compromising any of the pitfalls or exaltations.

Army of the Brave and Accidental is funny, deft, wise and poetic all at once. The epic spans major cities such as Toronto and New York and is a coming-of-age story, a journey, a love story and a tragi-comedy.


Prize(s): Short-listed ReLit Award for Novel (2019) 

“...timely, original and profound.”

–Alex Good, CNQ Magazine

 

Details


Nightwood Editions
ISBN: 9780889713413
Paperback / softback
5.25 in x 8.13 in - 192 pp
Publication Date: 28/04/2018
BISAC Subject(s):: FIC019000-FICTION / Literary,FIC004000-FICTION / Classics,FIC010000-FICTION / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology 
Thema Subject(s):: FB-Fiction: general & literary