The Plight House, a novel by Jason Hrivnak

The Plight House shortlisted for a ReLit Award

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:57:01 +0000

The ReLit Awards, now in their tenth year, recognize works published by Canada’s independent presses. Winners will be announced on October 20th at the Ottawa International Writers Festival.

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Dennis Cooper ♥ The Plight House

admin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 03:22:21 +0000

Dennis Cooper, author of transgressive classics Closer and Frisk, has included The Plight House (alongside works by Jean-Christophe Valtat and Pascal Quignard) in his recent blog entry “Three books I read recently and loved”.

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The Plight House featured at Blackberry Books

admin — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:55:08 +0000

With this novel, Jason Hrivnak will reach inside you and pull your heart out. The unnamed narrator takes us on a deeply personal journey after learning of the suicide of his childhood best friend. This doesn’t read like a typical novel and therein lies its strength — Hrivnak doesn’t follow conventions of style or narrative and this allows him to reach new depths and heights of despair, hope, passion and pain.

— MARY-ANN

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Globe and Mail review

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:54:42 +0000

Hrivnak succinctly posits a triple-barrelled theme: grief bound tightly with innocence and guilt … [He] is an elegant and often incisive prose stylist, skilled at image-making and intent on exploring difficult questions of personal and societal responsibility.

— JIM BARTLEY

Review on Dead Clothes Sing

admin — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:05:09 +0000

Heartbreak, horror, and impossibly brutal choices may all be yours in The Plight House. This first novel by Jason Hrivnak is like nothing I’ve ever read, and still troubles me.

— CREFFIELD

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Open Book Toronto interview

admin — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:34:25 +0000

Pedlar Press publisher Beth Follett interviews Jason Hrivnak about the process of writing The Plight House. See the complete interview on the Open Book Toronto website.

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Launch Party Announced

admin — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:39:12 +0000

The Toronto release party for Jason Hrivnak’s debut novel, The Plight House, will be Tuesday, 6 October 2009, 7:30 pm at the Gladstone Hotel Ballroom. 1214 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario.

Everyone welcome. Call 416.534.2011 for more information.

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Lynn Crosbie review

admin — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:29:51 +0000

First Rule of The Plight House: everyone talk about The Plight House. Hrivnak writes like a crazy angel in this addictive, astonishing debut.

— LYNN CROSBIE