Derek Hayes’ collection The Maladjusted concerns people who are unable to react successfully to the demands of their environment or of social exchange. When they fail to cope with their life realities, or lack the skill, readiness, or ingenuity to adapt to change they become Hayes’s maladjusted. Derek Hayes’s The Maladjusted has this kind of dominant connective tissue—both aesthetic and thematic. The book’s title, taken from the collection’s second story, is a . · While reading Derek Hayes' The Maladjusted I found myself grasping at a memory that would never surface; something I once heard in an art class about art being some sort of mirror or glass. I've gone searching for art theory and philosophy and still haven't hit upon whatever that was all about. Though I think this quote (which in itself references a quotes by Shakespeare and Novalis) by Joseph.
The Maladjusted The Maladjusted Derek Hayes © Derek Hayes, All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any. Read "The Maladjusted" by Derek Hayes available from Rakuten Kobo. These urban, commuter-friendly stories capture quirky events in satisfying ways. Their dark undertones and sharp-witted. The Maladjusted By Derek Hayes Thistledown Press pp; $ Article content. Hayes's misfit characters run the gamut from relatively self-aware ("I'm the one with the unhealthy fixation.
Kidding aside, there is a definite level of misanthropy running through the sixteen stories in Derek Hayes’ The Maladjusted. His characters—be they ESL teachers in Taipei, glory-day mid-twenties court hogs, or the office malcontent who snipes the backs of everyone (praise be to the glory of inter-office email)—are frayed wires. The Maladjusted, by Derek Hayes. Thistledown, pages, $ Derek Hayes must certainly be the only Canadian writer who has taught high school on three continents and been graced with a cover. Derek Hayes’s The Maladjusted has this kind of dominant connective tissue—both aesthetic and thematic. The book’s title, taken from the collection’s second story, is a quick and concise description of its theme.
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