The Life of a Creature

The Life of a Creature - Paperback

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The Life of a Creature

The Life of a Creature - Paperback

by Nadja Lubiw-Hazard
$18.95
Sale price  $18.95 Regular price 

Book Overview

An astonishing debut story collection about the interconnection between humans and animals navigating love, loss, and healing


Creatures swim, slither, and soar their way through this stunning short story collection about the inextricable nature of humans and animals that celebrates and bears witness to our fellow creatures and to the complex emotional terrain of our own lives.


A woman's personal trauma and anxiety are intertwined with the lives of the feral dogs abandoned in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. As a lesbian love affair unravels, the secrets of a gift-giving crow are revealed. The life of a veterinarian is told through the animals that she has loved and that she has tried to save. A dying man dreams of returning as a vulture after death. The plight of sea turtles on the brink of extinction weaves through a mother's devastation over the loss of a daughter.


Beautiful in its renderings of human experience, The Life of a Creature is a tender and haunting book imbued with the deeply sensory intimacies of the animal world.


ISBN9781834050287
Author Nadja Lubiw-Hazard
PublisherArsenal Pulp Press
GenreLiterature and Education
FormatPaperback
PublishedApril 2026
LanguageENG- English
Pages184
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Nadja Lubiw-Hazard

Nadja Lubiw-Hazard (she/her) is a Toronto-based writer and veterinarian. She is the author of the novel The Nap-Away Motel (Palimpsest Press) and two children's books. As a manuscript, The Life of a Creature won the Siskiyou Prize for New Environmental Literature.

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