Alice Zorn Libri

Alice Zorn, a talented author with a diverse literary background, has written two novels and a collection of short fiction. Her notable works include "Five Roses," which received a French translation and was a finalist for the Ontario Library Association Evergreen Award, and "Ruins and Relics," a finalist for the Quebec Writers' Federation's First Book Award. With accolades like first place in Prairie Fire's fiction contest and the Manitoba Magazine Award for Fiction, Zorn's stories have appeared in esteemed literary journals. She currently resides in Montreal.

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These are short stories about people who harbour relics from their past: a postcard from Vienna, the cigarette burns that scar a boy's chest, a stolen USB pen, blue concentration camp numbers tattooed on a forearm, a man's sense of his own body as his HIV overtakes him. Alice Zorn's remarkable debut collection displays these talismans of personal history and transforms them into extraordinary stories about relationships between partners, family, friends, and strangers.

The story explores the emotional aftermath of profound loss through the lives of Fara, Maddy, and Rose in Pointe St-Charles, Montreal. As they navigate their intertwined fates against a backdrop of gentrification, the women confront their traumas and seek to forge new connections to fill the void left by their fractured families. The novel delves into themes of resilience and the quest for belonging amidst personal and societal upheaval.