Sealskin [Paperback]

A search and rescue volunteer looks for a missing snowboarder on Christmas Eve. Two brothers retreat to the woods to shoot a film in memory of their dead friend. A reclusive forestry worker picks up a hitchhiker on his way down Mount Seymour. A young man finds a temporary haven on the ice barge where he works.In this collection of award-winning stories, Tyler Keevil uses the rugged landscape of Vancouvers Burrard Inletwhere the city meets the mountains and civilization meets the wildas a backdrop for characters struggling against the elements, each other and themselves.Written in a lean, muscular style, these are stories awash in blood and brine, and steeped in images of freedom and confinement.Includes Sealskin, winner of Journey Prize 2014 for best Canadian short story.Winner of the Writers' Trust of Canada Journey PrizeWinner of the Independent Publisher Book Awards Silver MedalShortlisted for Wales Book of the YearLonglisted for the Frank O'Connor International Short Story AwardLonglisted for the Edge Hill Short Story PrizeA search and rescue volunteer looks for a missing snowboarder on Christmas Eve. Two brothers retreat to the woods to shoot a film in memory of their dead friend. A reclusive forestry worker picks up a hitchhiker on his way down Mount Seymour. A young man finds a temporary haven on the ice barge where he works.In this collection of award-winning stories, Tyler Keevil uses the rugged landscape of Vancouvers Burrard Inletwhere the city meets the mountains and civilization meets the wildas a backdrop for characters struggling against the elements, each other and themselves.Written in a lean, muscular style, these are stories awash in blood and brine, and steeped in images of freedom and confinement.Praise for Sealskin:I was blown away. Beautiful writing & stunning. Miraim Toews (author of All My Puny Sorrows)Vividly told in muscular prose, Keevil's stories are compelling evocations of isolation and strength in an often unforgivinlS‚