Description
With his first short story collection, The Olive and the Dawn, earning comparisons to Ondaatje and Cohen, Ian Orti returns with his third book and second collection of short stories. Part myth-making, part art-in-the-act-of-forgetting, Royal Mountain City Fugue takes its cues from the Bible, small town Canada, Montreal and Armageddon, unveiling a new cast of Orti's favourite kind of characters: those who are so much larger than life that they barely get noticed by ordinary people.
About the author
Known for weirdly seductive, sharply rendered prose which has earned him comparisons to Michael Ondaatje and Leonard Cohen, Ian Orti was born and raised in Canada by immigrant parents from Ireland and Ecuador. He is the author of The Olive and the Dawn, and L (and things come apart) and his work has been published in journals and magazines across the United States, Canada, and Europe in English, French, and German. He is the recipient of multiple grants and small awards including a CBC bookclub award and the award for ‘Best Book’ at Expozine in Montreal in 2009. He currently lives in Berlin.
