The CLarion, nina Dunic

Invisible , 2023

Nina Dunic’s The Clarion, longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize (among other deserved accolades), is told with pitch-perfect attention to two singular voices. The Clarion is outstanding for the quiet way its protagonists, brother and sister Stasi and Peter, seem to get under the skin. A gorgeous sonic improvisation on loss, failure, human impotence, and how contorted love can look.

—Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer, Prince Edward County