Clark Blaise Knihy

David has always been special, attuned to the dark side of things, pulled toward the disturbing undercurrents beneath the slick surface of American life. As a whimsical, misunderstood boy growing up in the Florida backwoods, he maps out a reality less hostile than the snapping gators and insensitive school teachers of his rural home. As an adolescent he gets a shocking introduction to sensuality, a sexual initiation in stark contrast to the gentle first-kiss fantasies of teenaged dreams. Lunar Attractions brilliantly captures the manic nature of our times.

Exploring a diverse range of topics, the collection features essays on autobiography, Blaise's French-Canadian heritage, and the craft of fiction. It includes reflections on American and Australian literature, alongside insights into the works of notable authors such as Jack Kerouac, V.S. Naipaul, and Alice Munro. This anthology showcases Blaise's literary prowess and his deep connections with influential writers, highlighting his unique perspective on the literary landscape.

Focusing on the concept of timekeeping, this biography explores the life of the visionary who established a universal standard for measuring time. It details his journey, the challenges he faced, and how he successfully persuaded society to embrace this revolutionary idea, highlighting the profound impact it had on communication and daily life.

The establishment of standard time in 1884 transformed daily life and commerce, particularly for the railroad industry, which faced chaos due to the 144 official time zones in North America during the mid-19th century. This pivotal change resolved significant confusion and errors, enabling progress and efficiency. The creation of a global system of time zones is a remarkable yet often overlooked achievement of the Victorian Era, highlighting the importance of timekeeping in modern society.

"Blaise is probably the greatest living Canadian writer most Canadians have never heard of."--Quill & Quire "If you want to understand something about what life was like in the restless, peripatetic, striving, anxiety-ridden, shimmer cultural soup of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries," writes Margaret Atwood, "read the stories of Clark Blaise." This Time, That Place draws together twenty-four stories that span the entirety of Blaise's career, including one never previously published. Moving swiftly across place and time, through and between languages--from Florida's Confederate swamps, to working-class Pittsburgh, to Montreal and abroad--they demonstrate Blaise's profound mastery of the short story and reveal the range of his lifelong preoccupation with identity as fallacy, fable, and dream. This Time, That Place: Selected Stories confirms Clark Blaise as one of the best and most enduring masters of the form--on either side of our shared borders.

Im Jahre 1876 verpasste der kanadische Ingenieur Sandford Fleming auf einem Bahnhof in Irland seinen Zug. Dieses Missgeschick war für ihn derAnlass, nach einem Konzept zu suchen, mit dem man dieregionalen Zeitunterschiede systematisch festlegen konnte. Er teilte den Globus in 24 Zeitzonen ein und schuf damit ein grundlegendes System, ohne das die Globalisierung nicht denkbar wäre.