The Facility
1st Edition
Published on 1. November 2010
280 pages
978-1-935248-47-7 (ISBN)
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Praise for Berlin:
"Mirolla . . . is a teller of tales that only the tautest of prose could relate with cohesion and beauty. This book will thrill the mind."-CrimeSpree
"Intriguing, passionate, sad, hilarious. Mirolla is a master storyteller."-Toronto Sun
"Mirolla's book excels."-Rain Taxi
Mussolini clones that won't stay dead. The power to re-create others-forever. Memory and identity are no longer unique. Trapped inside the cloning facility at a time when humans are undergoing their final death rattle on a prion-infected earth, Fausto struggles to re-create the world he once knew. Or did he ever know it?
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Born in Italy, Michael Mirolla is a Montreal-Toronto novelist, short story writer, poet and playwright. His publications include the novels Berlin and The Boarder; two short story collections, The Formal Logic of Emotion and Hothouse Loves & Other Tales; a bilingual Italian-English poetry collection, Interstellar Distances/Distanze Interstellari; and the poetry collection Light and Time. His writing has received many awards in Canada. He is a frequent writer and reviewer for a number of newspapers and magazines, including Accenti, the Montreal Gazette, Halifax Daily News, Toronto Star, and Calgary Herald.
Content
- Intro
- PART ONE
- Scene One: Final Beginnings
- Scene Two: Getting In
- Scene Three: Into the Petting Zoo
- Scene Four: The Eighth Ring
- Scene Five: Machinery & Machinations
- Scene Six: The Return
- Scene Seven: The Truth
- Scene Eight: First Endings
- PART TWO
- Scene One: Dream Sentences
- Scene Two: Just Words
- Scene Three: Circum Locution
- Scene Four: Insubordinate Clause
- Scene Five: Tortured Phrases
- Scene Six: Split Infinities
- PART THREE
- Scene One: Over-Taking Control
- Scene Two: Atavistic Urges
- Scene Three: Balancing Equations
- Scene Four: Parental Guidance
- Scene Five: Familiar Urges
- Scene Six: A View to Normal
- Scene Seven: The God Answers
- PART FOUR
- Scene One: First Endings
- Scene Two: Cruel Silences
- Scene Three: The Art of Equilibrium
- Scene Four: Circling Proximity
- Scene Five: Mindful Matters
- Scene Six: Original Leavings
- Scene Zero: And Counting
- The Author
