· Ascension combines powerful storytelling -- including stories of the Romany people, poverty-stricken but resourceful, and rich in legend -- with great surprise and originality; Steven Galloway makes it clear why he is one of the hottest young writers in Canada today. Excerpt from AscensionISBN · Steven Galloway teaches creative writing at the University of British Columbia. His first novel, Finnie Walsh, was nominated for the Books in Canada/www.doorway.ru Ascension by Galloway, Steven and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru
It is no doubt advisable to resist tightrope tropes while reviewing a novel that has at its heart a Transylvanian wire-walker. However, in Ascension, Steven Galloway performs a feat deserving of big top www.doorway.ru this, his second novel, he expertly walks a very fine line, spinning the makings of what might have been a gimmicky immigrant tale into a gripping story of one man's lifelong. In Steven Galloway's Ascension the story of Salvo Usari, a Romany tightrope walker, begins where it ends: almost 1, feet about the streets of New York City in a fictional performance on a wire suspended between the World Trade Center towers. From this first moment, Galloway establishes a careful balance between a thrilling adventure story enriched by circus lore and ca haracter-driven. ASCENSION, by Steven Galloway There are few people who will not feel the fearful tension of observing another person conquering the high wire. It is a sense that normally can only be endured for relatively short spans of time. In this story Steven Galloway has his characters, led by the high wire artist Salvo Ursari, carefully and persistently.
Steven Galloway teaches creative writing at the University of British Columbia. His first novel, Finnie Walsh, was nominated for the Books in Canada/www.doorway.ru Ascension by Galloway, Steven and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru Steven Galloway has written a remarkable book. "Ascension," is the story of Salvo Usari, the family he leaves behind, and the family he gathers around him. It's also an account of the persecuted Rom, or gypsy culture, the metaphors and techniques of tight-rope walking, and the lives of "circus people.".
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