Bibliograph

The outer harbour:, stories, Wayde Compton

Type

Label

The outer harbour:, stories, Wayde Compton

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The outer harbour:

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Wayde Compton

Sub title

stories

Summary

Wayde Compton's debut story collection is imbued with the color of speculative fiction; one strand of stories follows the emergence of a volcanic island, which alternatively becomes the site of a radical Native peoples' occupation, a real-estate development, and finally a detention center for illegal immigrants. Moving from 2001 through to 2025, The Outer Harbour is at once a history book and a cautionary tale of the future, condensing and confounding our preconceived ideas around race, migration, gentrification, and home. Wayde Compton is the author of three poetry collections. He is director of the Writer's Studio at Simon Fraser University

Target audience

adult

Classification