Böcker av Grant Buday

Literary Nonfiction. We've all had good, bad, and sometimes ugly experiences on public transit. EXACT FARE ONLY is an anthology of real life stories about heading out, heading back, and everything that happened in between, whether the trip was across the country or just across town. ...an anthology dedicated to the interaction forced by public commutes across the world, be it by train, ferry, passenger ship, or, most commonly, the bus.--The Stranger This book should be sold in bus terminals and train stations from coast to coast to coast and required reading for commuters everywhere. Laced with humor and subtle social commentary, EXACT FARE ONLY is a timely portrait of that cramped, public space, otherwise known as the bus, the train or the subway.--Matthew Firth, Front & Centre ...the reader... glimpses rare truths and moments of clarity that we can all see if we look around in our travels. Reading EXACT FARE, like in any good journey, I didn't want to step off. Instead, I wanted to see what happened along that road.--The Antigonish Review

Fiction. Kobzar Literary Award, Finalist. Eric Hoffer Award, Shortlist. City of Victoria Book Prize, Finalist. Art, love, and history furnish the setting in this tale of fate and destiny. Set in Vancouver in 1962, we follow Cyril Andrachuk, son of immigrant parents from the former Ukraine, as he makes his way from high school to menial labour jobs, from first love to first heartbreak, from sibling rivalry to malicious family betrayal. Cyril is the only Canadian-born member of the Andrachuk family, his parents and older brother having survived the Holodomor, Stalin's systematic starving of the Ukraine in the 1930s during which two million people died. Cyril's mother carries the scars and memories of a past she can't let go of; she mourns the early death of her husband and feels responsible for the malnourished, brittle bones of her eldest son, Paul. Cyril is a mystery to her: he wants to be an artist--he draws incessantly and talks about going to art school. He draws his late father's tools--saws, drills, hammers, wrenches, everything. When Cyril produces a series of large commemorative Stalin stamps his mother questions her son's insensitivity; when an act of impassioned violence erupts in the house, it is Cyril's sanity that is called into question. The Delusionist is a darkly comic novel about love, loss, creativity, and coming to terms with the horrors of history. Subtle and elegant, his account of one's man's stumble-filled movement toward his fate commands attention and gives readers new ways to comprehend the process of maturation.--The Vancouver Sun Buday captures the ambiance of 1962 Vancouver like an archaeologist opening a time capsule...--John Moore, BC BookWorld ...a realistically uplifting portrayal of a child of immigrants who is trying to pull himself out of a rut.--The Globe and Mail