Planet Earth - by Nicholas Ruddock (Paperback)

Name: Planet Earth - by Nicholas Ruddock (Paperback)
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International award-winning stories of life and love in the midst of planetary decline In Planet Earth, Nicholas Ruddock moves nimbly through a range of styles--from conventional to flash-fiction to his unique mastery of the long sentence--in stories exploring themes of love and passion, all with an awareness of our species-specific carelessness burning up the world.
Author(s): Nicholas Ruddock
184 Pages
Fiction + Literature Genres, Short Stories (single author)

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International award-winning stories of life and love in the midst of planetary decline

In Planet Earth, Nicholas Ruddock moves nimbly through a range of styles--from conventional to flash-fiction to his unique mastery of the long sentence--in stories exploring themes of love and passion, all with an awareness of our species-specific carelessness burning up the world.

This collection showcases a gifted writer at the top of his game, each story fresh and unexpected: the time Mario Vargas Llosa sucker-punched Gabriel García Márquez at a theatre in Mexico City inspires a young Marxist couple's violent act of revenge in Toronto years later; an anxious young man finds solace in the employ of Prince, the musician; we get a haunting glimpse of Toronto's polio epidemic at its peak in 1953; a young Canadian student bears witness to the Algerian protests and police violence in 1961 Paris; a pair of naive young women find themselves involved with a mysterious circus troupe in Nice. These provocative but contemplative stories are paradoxically positive and quick-witted, with a humorous fondness for humans and all our failings.

Review Quotes

"We are lucky to have this trove of prose to read and reread." -- The Fiddlehead

"Can a short story dramatize the effects of a warming planet better than a novel? With Planet Earth, Nicholas Ruddock makes a strong case that it can." -- The Literary Review of Canada

"Aston-ish-ing ... [Nicholas Ruddock] has a shape-shift-ing capa-city when he writes." -- Postmedia

"Ruddock's stories demand rereading." -- The Seaboard Review

"A sharp read, with little twists in each story to shatter what you thought you knew ... Another excellent work from Ruddock." -- The Miramichi Reader

"Quick and brilliant." -- Guelph Today

Specifications

Dimensions (Overall): 6.9 Inches (H) x 5.4 Inches (W) x .6 Inches (D)

Weight: .65 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 184

Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres

Sub-Genre: Short Stories (single author)

Publisher: Astoria

Format: Paperback

Author: Nicholas Ruddock

Language: English

Street Date: November 4, 2025

TCIN: 94396104

UPC: 9781487013561

Item Number (DPCI): 247-55-8929

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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