Finch stole his first car when he was a nimble twelve-year-old. Hundreds of cars later, he slips behind the wheel of an emerald-green Benz and takes his chances in the night, picking up a passenger along...

The reluctant owner of a wayward Andalucian wolfhound named Buddy, Dan discovers the immutable bond between man and his best friend. “An Ideal Companion” is part of Michael Christie’s critically acclaimed...

Michael Christie delicately and convincingly explores the fragile world of mental illness through Saul, a hospital patient who stops taking his medication, reordering his perspective on the world. “King...

Crack addict Henry bumps into theoretical physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, and the two set out on a drug-fuelled adventure, contemplating the nature of science, addiction, and the restlessness of human...

From the short-story collection The Beggar’s Garden, “Discard” tells the story of Earl, who, after the death of his beloved wife, Tuuli, retreats into his basement. He emerges to track down his estranged,...

Bernice is a collector—of items rescued from her thrift shop and memories of a husband who abandoned her years ago—until one day she decides to take her sister’s advice and downsize. “The Queen of Cans...

In the titular story of Michael Christie’s critically acclaimed debut collection, The Beggar’s Garden, Sam Prince moves into the shed behind his house as his marriage falls apart. He meets a local panhandler...

From the critically acclaimed short-story collection The Beggar’s Garden, “The Extra” features a young, mentally disabled man and his best friend, Rick, who find work as extras on a film set. This story...

Longlisted for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize Critically lauded, The Beggar’s Garden is a brilliantly surefooted, strikingly original collection of nine linked short stories that will delight as well...

Dan est bien dans sa vie : une belle situation, pas d’attache familiale, aucune obligation… Pas comme son ami Winston qui, lui, a une vie de famille bien remplie. Dan (ou Wilson ?) décide pourtant de...

« Le temps ne va pas dans une direction donnée. Il s’accumule, c’est tout – dans le corps, dans le monde –, comme le bois. Couche après couche. Claire, puis sombre. Chacune reposant sur la précédente,...

C’est une nouvelle tragiquement drôle qui ouvre le formidable recueil de Michael Christie, classé parmi les meilleurs livres de l’année 2011 au Canada et récompensé par le Vancouver Book Award. Une femme...

Palmarès 2021 Les 100 livres de l'année du magazine Lire « Le temps ne va pas dans une direction donnée. Il s'accumule, c'est tout – dans le corps, dans le monde –, comme le bois. Couche après couche....