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also available: Paperback
category: Fiction
published: May 2021
ISBN:9781989496480
publisher: Wolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd
imprint: Buckrider Books

Radium Girl

Stories

by Sofi Papamarko

tagged: short stories (single author), literary, magical realism
Description

Radium Girl is a collection full of dark wonder where Sofi Papamarko explores the boundaries of love, death, loneliness and justice. In these twelve deft stories, we are introduced to a cast of unforgettable characters: Margie and Lu, teenaged conjoined twins; Rosie who cruises funerals; Pete the predatory magician; the subconscious mind of Marie Curie; Elda the Radium Girl and many more. These are magical stories; they twist and turn in unexpected ways, leaving the reader sometimes shocked, sometimes delighted and often breathless. With pitch-perfect writing, Papamarko shows us how human beings cope, break and triumph in the face of often unbearable circumstances.

About the Author

Sofi Papamarko’s writing has appeared in the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, the Montreal Gazette, Reader’s Digest, Chatelaine, Flare, The Walrus, the Huffington Post, Exclaim!, Salon and many other publications, both living and dead. Her short fiction has been published in Taddle Creek, Maisonneuve and Room. She lives in Toronto with her partner and his son.

Awards
  • Short-listed, Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Speculative Fiction
  • Short-listed, ReLit Award for Short Fiction
  • Winner, Foreword INDIES Award for Short Stories
Editorial Reviews

"Papamarko’s writing is complex and fascinating. She draws the reader in with each story and leads them along a twisting path past pregnancy, baking competitions, funerals, and many other events — to a truly brilliant finale."

— The Ormsby Review

"Easy and engrossing, the short stories of Radium Girl provoke unease and careful thought about diverse human experiences."

— Foreword Reviews
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