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Hellgoing: Stories (2000)

by Lynn Coady(Favorite Author)

3.41 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1770893083 (ISBN13: 9781770893085)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

review 1: These stories are intense, raw, difficult, and poignant. They are not stories you "enjoy" but rather stories you "feel" in all of their grit, humour, and candor. Most did not move me in the way I like to be moved (when reading short stories) but they definitely absorbed me, lingered, and are lingering still. A very worthy Giller Prize winner, in my opinion. (I would give this book 3.5 stars if Goodreads would let me.)
review 2: Each of the stories in this collection is haunting and curious. Sometimes you feel like you can place it in a certain, specific event in the real world. But what these stories have is not a specific place in time but more of a reflection of our time. Whether it's non-specific bombings in a city or enhanced police presence to an almost mi... morelitarized level it feels like something we would hear about on the news, not something from a future. The stories themselves are layered and invite you to follow the metaphors and the evolution of the characters struggles through to conclusion. Likewise, each story is populated by memorable characters with unique lives, which feel fully fleshed out with beginnings, middles, and the question of a future. It's all about the experience of these characters and you are drawn in hard and fast. The humour and the humanity of the characters saves the novel from nihilism, is how one of the quotes puts it and I am inclined to agree. The stories were insightful and strong and diverse. less

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