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Letters to a Writer of Color (Paperback)
Deepa Anappara, Taymour Soomro; Contributions by Madeleine Thien, Tiphanie Yanique, Xiaolu Guo
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016 WINNER OF THE SCOTIABANK
GILLER PRIZE 2016 SHORTLISTED FOR THE PARAGRAPHE HUGH MACLENNAN
PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016. In Canada in 1991, ten-year-old Marie and
her mother invite a guest into their home: a young woman who has
fled China in the aftermath of the Tiananmen Square protests. Her
name is Ai-Ming. As her relationship with Marie deepens, Ai-Ming
tells the story of her family in revolutionary China, from the
crowded teahouses in the first days of Chairman Mao's ascent to the
Shanghai Conservatory in the 1960s and the events leading to the
Beijing demonstrations of 1989. It is a history of revolutionary
idealism, music, and silence, in which three musicians, the shy and
brilliant composer Sparrow, the violin prodigy Zhuli, and the
enigmatic pianist Kai struggle during China's relentless Cultural
Revolution to remain loyal to one another and to the music they
have devoted their lives to. Forced to re-imagine their artistic
and private selves, their fates reverberate through the years, with
deep and lasting consequences for Ai-Ming - and for Marie. Written
with exquisite intimacy, wit and moral complexity, Do Not Say We
Have Nothing magnificently brings to life one of the most
significant political regimes of the 20th century and its traumatic
legacy, which still resonates for a new generation. It is a
gripping evocation of the persuasive power of revolution and its
effects on personal and national identity, and an unforgettable
meditation on China today.
One starless night Janie's childhood was swept away by the terrors
of the Khmer Rouge. Exiled from Phnom Penh, Janie and her family
were forced to live out in the open: cold, hungry and under
constant surveillance. Caught up in a political storm which brought
starvation to millions, tore families apart and changed the world
forever, Janie lost everyone she loved. Now, three decades later,
Janie's life in Montreal is unravelling. Weaving together the
threads of Janie's life, Dogs at the Perimeter evokes
totalitarianism through the eyes of a little girl, and draws a
remarkable map of the mind's battle with memory, loss and the
horrors of war.
In present-day Vancouver, Gail Lim, a producer of radio
documentaries, is haunted by the mysterious events in her father's
childhood in war-torn Asia, and using her skills as a journalist is
driven to unravel the mystery of his past. As a boy, Matthew Lim
hid in the jungle fringe near Leila Road in Japanese-occupied
Sandakan, North Borneo, with Ani, a girl whose friendship shapes
the rest of his life. Together they barely survive the terrifying
events of the war, which shatters their families and ultimately
splits them apart - until years later, they meet again, only to
endure another separation. At once sweeping and intimate, Certainty
crosses continents, cultures and time to explore the legacies of
loss, the dislocations of war and the redemptive qualities of love.
From Canada's global cities to its Arctic Circle - from the country's ongoing story of civil rights movements to languages under pressure - the writers in this issue upend the ways we imagine land, reconciliation, truth and belonging, revealing the histories of a nation's future.
Margaret Atwood, Gary Barwin, Dionne Brand, Fanny Britt, Douglas Coupland, France Daigle, Alain Farah, Naomi Fontaine, Dominique Fortier, Krista Foss, Kim Fu, Rawi Hage, Anosh Irani, Falen Johnson, Benoit Jutras, Alex Leslie, Alexander MacLeod, Daphne Marlatt, Lisa Moore, Nadim Roberts, Armand Garnet Ruffo, Chloé Savoie-Bernard, Anakana Schofield, Paul Seesequasis, Johanna Skibsrud, Karen Solie, Souvankham Thammavongsa, Larry Tremblay.
To celebrate Aurora Metro's 30th anniversary as an independent
publisher, 20% of profits will to go to the Virginia Woolf statue
campaign in the UK. This is a revised edition of the publisher's
inaugural publication in 1990, which won the Pandora Award from
Women-in-Publishing. Inspirational in its original format, this new
edition features poems, stories, essays and interviews with over 30
women writers, both emerging authors and luminaries of contemporary
literature such as: A.S. BYATT, KIT DE WAAL, CAROL ANN DUFFY,
PHILIPPA GREGORY, JACKIE KAY, MADELINE THIEN, CLARE TOMALIN, SARAH
WATERS, and the great-niece of Virginia Woolf herself, EMMA WOOLF.
Together with the original writing workshops plus black and white
illustrations from women illustrators. Guest editor Ann Sandham has
compiled the new collection.
Just over fifty years ago, China's Cultural Revolution began. The
movement was intended to bring about a return to revolutionary
Maoist beliefs and resulted in attacks on intellectuals and those
believed to be counter-revolutionaries, capitalists and rightists;
a large-scale purge in government posts; the appearance of a
personality cult around Mao Zedong; and an estimated death count of
between one and three million. When Katherine Luo moved from Hong
Kong to mainland China in 1955 to study drama and opera, she hoped
her ideals and patriotism might help to build her country. Like
many citizens, she loved the motherland and admired its
revolutionary leaders. After years of completely trusting the
regime, rationalizing its decisions and betrayals, and criticizing
herself for doubting the Party, she realized that no matter how
much she loved China, it would never love her back because she had
the wrong background-capitalist class origins and overseas
connections. The Unceasing Storm describes Luo's personal
struggles-among other things, she was expelled from university,
forbidden to marry her first love, and accused of being a spy-but
it is also the memoir of a generation, representative of similar
incidents occurring all over China. Luo's colleagues and famous
artists were dogged by their backgrounds-the unluckiest in the "to
be executed, imprisoned or placed under surveillance" category;
family members and teachers were labelled rightists; friends and
war heroes were imprisoned; careers were ruined, families
separated, ordinary people lifted to power one morning and
destroyed overnight. Some of those with stories to tell perished,
of those who lived, many prefer to forget, and others burned all
written records to avoid being incriminated. When the people
involved in the revolution have all died, it will be all too easy
to forget or pretend it never happened. The Unceasing Storm is one
step towards creating a truthful record of contemporary China.
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