For All The Men (and Some of The Women) I've Known

by Danila Botha

Overview

In For All the Men (and Some of the Women) I've Known, Danila Botha explores the nuances and complexity of relationships, from love to betrayal. In these eighteen unforgettable stories, Botha creates characters so authentic, readers are convinced that they know them personally. As in her debut collection, Got No Secrets, Botha excels at blending literary techniques with popular zeitgeist. With her trademark honest and singular voice, Botha exposes the desire for human connection above all things. The collection is hopeful, fearless, and utterly relatable.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781778490729
Publisher:	Guernica Editions, Incorporated
Publication date:	10/01/2025
Edition description:	Second Edition, Updated, Reissued
Pages:	250
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Danila Botha is the critically acclaimed author of short story collections Got No Secrets and the Trillium Book Award, Vine Awards, and ReLit Awards finalist For All the Men (and Some of the Women I've Known.) Her award winning novel Too Much on the Inside was published in 2015. It was optioned for film by Pelee Entertainment in 2023. She is currently working on her new graphic novel, and has a new collection of short stories, and a new novel coming out soon with Guernica Editions.

Editorial Reviews

Everyone in this book is alive. Painfully, nervously, ardently. This collection (like Chekhov by way of Kathy Acker but utterly original) is truthful and dreamy, tough and tremulous; sad and aching, seductively, with hope.” —Lynn Crosbie, author, Where Did You Sleep Last Night


"I devoured this collection, and I hope Ms Botha continues to hone her craft producing more stories with that healthy touch of realism that she has come to be recognised for." —Miramichi Reader


"Smart prose that seamlessly balances humour, disappointment, and dysfunction . . . Botha is an incredibly fresh voice in Canadian literature, and this remarkably visceral and unforgettable collection feels like it’s only setting the stage for much more to come." —Liz Worth, Quill and Quire


"These are stories full of people who disappoint, or are disappointed, yet they rarely end on a note of despair, which in today's Tinder-enabled relationship landscape seems almost like an act of subversion . . . She [Botha] has a fine talent." —Emily Donaldson, Toronto Star


"This stunning collection will absolutely affect you . . . Each of these stories are real and honest, open and gut-wrenching, and Botha makes them jump out from the page into your mind. This book will stay with you for a long time." —Laurie Burns, Atlantic Books Today


"The romantic travails of a group of urban twentysomethings falling into and out of love, lust and friendship . . . The author is undeniably familiar with modern urban ennui, and the stories in her collection have an admirable directness and grit." —Steven W. Beattie, The Globe and Mail


"Short, emotionally dense vignettes pretty much all dealing with love, relationships, marriage and their failure . . . Botha has a talent with words and description and she is speaking smartly, even boldly . . . there are great moments of shine in this collection." —Jonathan Valelly, Winnipeg Review


"Botha’s collection thoughtfully, tragically, and insightfully captures the peculiarities of modern relationships in the time of texting, online dating, and an unnerving urban detachment we’ve come to recognize as a normal thing." —Lydia Kardum, theliterarylollipop.com

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