Description
When King Priam's pregnant daughter was fleeing the sack of Troy, Stan was there. When Jesus of Nazareth was beaten and crucified, Stan was there - one cross over. Stan has been a Hittite warrior, a Roman legionnaire, a mercenary for the caravans of the Silk Road and a Great War German grunt. He's been a toymaker in a time of plague, a reluctant rebel in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, and an information peddler in the cabarets of post-war Berlin. Stan doesn't die, and he doesn't know why. And now he's being investigated for a horrific crime. As Stan tells his story, from his origins as an Anatolian sheep farmer to his custody in a Toronto police interview room, he brings a wry, anachronistic perspective to three thousand years of Eurasian history. Call Me Stan is the story of a man endlessly struggling to adjust as the world keeps changing around him. It is a Biblical epic from the bleachers, a gender fluid operatic love quadrangle, and a touching exploration of what it is to outlive everyone you love. Or almost everyone.
Author: K. R. Wilson
Publisher: Guernica Editions
Published: 12/01/2021
Pages: 420
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.98h x 5.98w x 1.02d
ISBN13: 9781771835985
ISBN10: 1771835982
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Fantasy | Historical
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Science Fiction | Time Travel
About the Author
K. R. Wilson was born in Calgary and lives in Toronto. His debut novel An Idea About My Dead Uncle (2019) won the inaugural Guernica Prize.