Immigrant City, Bezmozgis, David. Published by Harper Collins Publishers Limited, Toronto, Ontario, 2019. First Edition. First Printing. Signed by author on title page in fine grey felt. 8vo up to 9½” tall., 211pp. Grey boards with dark grey spine titles. Both volume and unclipped jacket are in as new, unmarked, unread condition.
Immigrant City, is a short story collection about the contemporary Canadian immigrant experience. It features stories about a fighter working as a security guard in the Toronto suburbs, a father and daughter who end up in a strange rendition of his immigrant childhood and a young man who unwittingly makes contact with the underworld. Hailed by the Toronto Star as “intelligent, funny, unfailingly sympathetic”.
David Bezmozgis is a Latvian-born, Canadian author, filmmaker and two-time Scotiabank Giller Prize finalist for his books, Natasha and Other Stories and The Betrayers.
