This Will be Difficult to Explain-Easy to Enjoy

Johanna Skibsrud's This Will be Difficult to Explain: and Other Stories, is a quirky &  hypnotic collection of short stories.  "Difficult" will give those who love the artform reason to cheer.  For those who have maximum indifference to short stories, this collection is bound to convert you to appreciate the powerful impact laden in this format.  Skibsrud is a Canadian author whose 1st novel The Sentimentalist '10, won the Scotiabank Giller Prize & her poetry has been shortlisted for the Atlantic Prize.  Her intriguing stories paint vivid characters whose lives have taken unexpected & mostly undesirable  turns.  There are recurring themes to her stories that are presented fresh in each with entirely unique characters & scenarios.  It's intriguing to read her stories dealing with death, filial bonds & resentments, & sexual promiscuity.  "I am uncertain that she will ever die, and as she overwhelms my daily life, my daily bread, I long for her exit."  It is difficult to do justice to the creative writing in these stories that are entirely engrossing.