Ezra's Ghosts

Name: Ezra's Ghosts
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Darcy Tamayose
ISBN: 9781778521720

Author: Darcy Tamayose

Narrator: Stephany Seki

Unabridged: 6 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 06/15/2023

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Paranormal, Ghost, Short Stories

Synopsis

Award-winning author Darcy Tamayose returns with Ezra’s Ghosts, a collection of fantastical stories linked by a complex mingling of language and culture, as well as a deep understanding of grief and what it makes of us. Within these pages a scholar writes home from the Ryukyu islands, not knowing that his hometown will soon face a deadly calamity of its own. Another seeker of truth is trapped in Ezra after her violent death, and must watch how her family—and her killer—alter in her absence. The oldest man in town, an immigrant who came to Canada to escape imperial hardships, sprouts wings, and a wounded journalist bears witness to his transformation. Finally, past and present collide as a researcher reflects on the recent skinwars that have completely altered the world’s topography. Binding the stories together is an intersect of arrival and departure—in a quiet prairie town called Ezra.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Yamini on July 02, 2023

The book is a compilation of multiple short stories, some a bit too short 😆. All revolving around the people of Ezra. Sometravelling to a different location, while others are stuck there in their dead form. The interconnection of these stories comes into preview when you move towards the end of the......more

Goodreads review by Stephanie on June 26, 2023

ARC audiobook provided in exchange for an honest review. The narration on this book was very clear and easy to listen to! The stories are a bit disjointed in a way but each has a connection to the town Ezra. While they don’t so much “come together”, you start seeing the patterns and all the stories w......more

Goodreads review by Cynthia on July 21, 2023

The stories in this small collection are beautifully written and, as they progress, deeply touching. I felt the domestic violence aspects (consider that a trigger warning) were authentically conveyed, which is something I greatly appreciated. My only complaint is that the stories aren’t immediately e......more

Goodreads review by Rob on November 24, 2023

I liked these stories, even if I didn't always enjoy the reading. Mostly it's quite nicely done. Occasionally, very academic phrasing and details can be distracting. Also, I found the futurism of the final story to be oddly like futuristic stories from the 1950s -- not in a bad way, just a bit unexp......more

Goodreads review by Alexis on August 26, 2022

Magical realism, ghosts, and Japanese folklore set in southern Alberta??? Yes, please.......more