The Two of Us

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Longlisted for the 2016 Giller Prize

"[Page] is a fierce writer."Kirkus Reviews

The stories in this collection focus on pairs: intense one-on-one relationships and encounters. Characters undergo genetic testing, garden, overeat, starve themselves, travel, fall pregnant, all while simultaneously driving each other towards moments where theysometimes unwillinglyglimpse the meaning and shape of their lives, and who they might become.

Kathy Page is the author of eight books, including the novels Alphabet (an Indie Next Great Read of 2014 and Kirkus Best Book of 2014), Frankie Styne & the Silver Man, and The Story of My Face, as well as many short stories.

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"Deceptively expansive short stories...her ability to find little frissons of shock or recognition in situations just this side of mundane marks her as a significant miniaturist..."--Quill & Quire "The Two of Us contains stories about pairs, couples, dyads--mainly intense one-on-one relationships... [and] her duos are all united by a primal desire for intimacy."--BC Booklook "...refreshing and true to life."--McGill Daily

Author Bio

Kathy Page is the author of seven novels, including Alphabet (an Indie Next Great Read of 2014, Kirkus Best Book of 2014, and Shelf Awareness Shelf Discovery Pick), The Story of My Face (longlisted for the Orange Prize in 2002), and The Find (shorlisted for the ReLit Award in 2011), as well as many short stories, previously collected in As In Music. She recently co-edited In the Flesh (2012), a collection of personal essays about the human body, and has written for television and radio. Her 1992 novel Frankie Styne & the Silver Man has made its American debut as a Biblioasis ReSet Book. Born in the UK, Kathy has lived on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia since 2001.