No New Land - Couverture souple

Vassanji, M.G.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0771087209 ISBN 13 : 9780771087202

Editeur : McClelland & Stewart Inc., 1995

Synopsis

Book by Vassanji MG

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

     Nurdin Lalani and his family, Asian immigrants from Africa, have come to the Toronto suburb of Don Mills only to find that the old world and its values pursue them. A genial orderly at a downtown hospital, he has been accused of sexually assaulting a girl. Although he is innocent, traditional propriety prompts him to question the purity of his own thoughts. Ultimately, his friendship with the enlightened Sushila offers him an alluring freedom from a past that haunts him, a marriage that has become routine, and from the trials of coping with teenage children. Introducing us to a cast of vividly drawn characters within this immigrant community, Vassanji is a keen observer of lives caught between one world and another.

Revue de presse :

   · "A novel of considerable charm and intelligence, informed by a delightful sense of irony." -- Mordecai Richler
   · "Vassanji probes beneath the surface to create a compelling and poignant portrait of human displacement." -- Ottawa Citizen
   · "It is part of Vassanji's great talent to demonstrate that the minor changes -- unexpected love, sex, accusations -- in the life of a very modest man are, in fact, transformations of history." -- Globe and Mail
   · "Vassanji, in charting a tiny part of the Canadian reality, offers up certain truths, thought-provoking, disturbing, but ultimately, and in a small way, hopeful." -- Saturday Night

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: McClelland & Stewart Inc.
• Date d'édition: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0771087209
• ISBN 13: 9780771087202
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208