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Marco & Iarlaith: A Novel in Flash Fictions Paperback – May 31, 2018

by Eckhard Gerdes (Author)
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Iarlaith and Marco are father and son, living along the banks of a river in a run-down cottage. Neither is employed full-time. Iarlaith works in a foundry sorting rudimentary fonts into upper and lower cases. Marco collects trash from along the riverbank, finding flotsam and rubbish discarded by tourists who use the riverbank as their jogging path. From this, Marco builds assemblage sculptures, which tourists buy from the local consignment shop. These are stories from their marginal existence, in which getting into trouble is as easy as doing nothing. At least they watch out for each other.



“Gerdes’s flash stories are sort of one-liners, often hilarious, sometimes sad, sometimes painful, but always revelatory of the human condition and its ability to sustain itself despite life’s vicissitudes. And he uses the simplest of means to do so. It is this terseness, the economy of means, that Gerdes employs to speak of larger issues that gives his compilation such power.”
— James R. Hugunin
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    186 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publication date
    May 31, 2018
  4. Dimensions
    5.06 x 0.47 x 7.81 inches
  5. ISBN-10
    1732350639
  6. ISBN-13
    978-1732350632
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Black Scat Books (May 31, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 186 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1732350639
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1732350632
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.3 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.06 x 0.47 x 7.81 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Eckhard Gerdes

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Eckhard Gerdes is a widely published, award-winning novelist, poet and playwright whose work has been extensively anthologized and recognized. He lives in the Chicago area, where he teaches, edits the Journal of Experimental Fiction, and functions as publisher and editor of JEF Books, a press devoted to the best innovative fiction in the English language. JEF Books sponsors the annual Kenneth Patchen Award for the Innovative Novel.

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This book was a joy to read. Impeccably well written with wonderful wordplay, the characters were great, the book so much fun and hilarious. Some of the best writing ( every single page!) I have ever read. Now on to White Bungalows. Anyone will ENJOY THIS TREMENDOUSLY
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5.0 out of 5 stars Adventures abound
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2019
A wonderful read. Flash fiction allows you to read the book from back to front, from the middle outward, or from beginning to end exploring life and life lessons of a father and son who invariably make something from nothing. At once humorous and moving, these vignettes of Marco and Iarlaith will keep you reading, every which way.
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