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How much agency does one truly have against systems designed to negate personhood?
In an isolated institution for so-called mental defectives, Joseph Tanat and his fellow inmates hope and scheme for a return to the outside world. As Joseph awaits his case review and potential release, rivalries are formed as all fight over the memory of a former resident who some say escaped and others say was isolated and horribly disfigured in mysterious circumstances.
Grappling with paranoia and a misguided trust in the institution and its values, Joseph is threatened with becoming both victim and participant in a system built on cruelty. The Hollow of Evening explores how deeply institutions are inscribed on the self, and raises questions about the nature and limits of human agency.
In an isolated institution for so-called mental defectives, Joseph Tanat and his fellow inmates hope and scheme for a return to the outside world. As Joseph awaits his case review and potential release, rivalries are formed as all fight over the memory of a former resident who some say escaped and others say was isolated and horribly disfigured in mysterious circumstances.
Grappling with paranoia and a misguided trust in the institution and its values, Joseph is threatened with becoming both victim and participant in a system built on cruelty. The Hollow of Evening explores how deeply institutions are inscribed on the self, and raises questions about the nature and limits of human agency.
Price: $19.99
Pages: 216
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Imprint: Rare Machines
Publication Date:
09 March 2027
Trim Size: 7.00 X 5.00 in
ISBN: 9781459758162
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
FICTION / Neurodiversity, Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, FICTION / Gothic, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Psychological, Narrative theme: interior life / psychological fiction, Narrative theme: social issues / social problems
Ian MacClayn’s writing has appeared in journals such as Bellevue Literary Review and Minor Literature[s], as well as being shortlisted for the PEN Canada New Voices Award. The Hollow of Evening is his debut novel. He resides in Calgary.