{"product_id":"borrowed-for-a-short-time","title":"Borrowed for a Short Time","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book will be released in July 2026.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePre-orders are charged at time of order and the book will be posted to you as soon as it becomes available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUK postage is 99 pence per order.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe latest story collection from the winner of the Journey Prize.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA young man suffers a workplace accident in a bankrupt industrial unit on Christmas Eve; a couple set out in the midst of a snowstorm to save a wounded owl; a motley crew of local volunteers comes together to search the river for a missing child.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBorrowed for a Short Time\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of linked stories which blend fiction and creative non-fiction. Based on Keevil’s experiences of moving to mid Wales in his twenties, striving – sometimes failing – to fit into a new culture, the different narratives explore themes of isolation and belonging, love and longing, and what it means to call a place home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRanging from rural Wales to urban Vancouver, and featuring recurring characters whose lives and fates intertwine, this collection resonates with wisdom, warmth, and a rare, deceptively simple, honesty.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003cem\u003eBurrard Inlet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Beautiful writing… stunning’ – \u003cstrong\u003eMiriam Toews\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eWomen Talking\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Vividly told in muscular prose, Keevil’s stories are compelling evocations of isolation and strength in an often unforgiving landscape.’ – \u003cstrong\u003eCarys Bray\u003c\/strong\u003e, author of \u003cem\u003eA Song for Issy Bradley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eBurrard Inlet\u003c\/em\u003e is, first and foremost, a collection of short stories that tries to recognise the relationship between humans and nature through separate human identities… This is a piece of work that, without a doubt, should be added to a bookshelf of short story lovers and novel aficionadas alike.’ – \u003cem\u003eWales Arts Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘The masculine, often unforgiving scenarios which unfold here are a suitable for for Keevil’s economical – if elegant – phrasing, but a strong moral core is ever-present, and sometimes vindication for the downtrodden.’ – \u003cem\u003eBuzz Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for Tyler Keevil's other books\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eFireball\u003c\/em\u003e pushes beyond the bounds of its genre, capturing the dynamics of friendship, seduction, and loss to impressive effect.' – \u003cem\u003eNew Welsh Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Keevil's skill as an author is everywhere evident: in the quirky dialogue, the lucid prose, and the skillful interweaving of multiple and non-linear narrative strands. This is clearly a novelist to be reckoned with.' – \u003cem\u003ePlanet Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'absorbing, moving, tragic and sometimes funny.' – \u003cem\u003eThe Western Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'I haven't been as excited about reading a new writer since I read DBC Pierre's \u003cem\u003eVernon God Little\u003c\/em\u003e.' – \u003cstrong\u003eJasper Rees\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'His prose is graceful and subtle, there are moments of real, unforced poetry, but with that, he creates characters that live and breathe.' – \u003cstrong\u003eStef Penney\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Keevil’s storytelling is both elegant and meaty and his prose stunning' – \u003cstrong\u003eRachel Trezise\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Keevil’s prose proceeds with the laconic madness of a patient horse, and the same ability to buck and kick.' – \u003cstrong\u003eCynan Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1097\/7086\/files\/Tyler_Keevil_16c58d21-a0d6-4ce5-a193-651b911d8452_240x240.jpg?v=1769515332\" alt=\"\" style=\"float: none;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTyler Keevil\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in Edmonton and raised in Vancouver. He travelled in Europe and lived in Prague for a time before settling in Wales in his mid-twenties. He has published several books and received a number of accolades for his writing, most notably the Journey Prize, The Missouri Review Editors’ Prize, and the Wales Book of the Year People’s Choice Award. He lives in south Wales with his wife and children. (Photo credit: Naomi Doyle)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Tyler Keevil","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55431902953848,"sku":null,"price":11.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1097\/7086\/files\/9781913830601.jpg?v=1774452624","url":"https:\/\/www.parthianbooks.com\/products\/borrowed-for-a-short-time","provider":"Parthian Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}