The Plight House, a novel by Jason Hrivnak » review

The Plight House on the Oneline Review website

admin — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 08:02:43 +0000

“The writing unlikely & unique, bizarre with soft exposure strangeness, a zenith of literary bliss; Can-Lit is changed.”

— THE ONELINE REVIEWS

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“Inspiration for the rest of us”

admin — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 07:18:50 +0000

Blogger Carrie Carm has included The Plight House in her Monday column, Inspiration for the rest of us.

“This week’s inspiration is grief and strange beauty: Jason Hrivnak’s The Plight House, a stunning, deadly book. It’s just so sad and odd and gorgeous.

It is even pleasing as a physical object, all by itself. Published by Pedlar Press out of Toronto and with cover art by Tom Poirier — the book’s official website banner shows it off — it has high-quality, laid paper (with visible chain lines), and the layout of the book leaves plenty of negative space: a book design success.

The content itself is divine.”

— CARRIE CARM

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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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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