With a viewpoint that shifts as crisply as cards in the hands of a blackjack dealer, Carol Shields introduces us to two shell-shocked veterans of the wars of the heart. There's Fay, a folklorist whose passion for mermaids has kept her...
Canada -- Fiction
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Author:Shields, CarolSummary: -
Author:Bala, SharonSummary:When the rusty cargo ship carrying Mahindan and 500 fellow refugees from Sri Lanka's bloody civil war reaches the shores of British Columbia, the young father believes the struggles that he and his six-year-old son have long faced are...
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Author:Chariandy, David JohnSummary:A soucouyant is an evil spirit in Caribbean folklore, and a symbol here of the distant and dimly remembered legacies that continue to haunt the Americas. This extraordinary first novel set in Ontario, in a house near the Scarborough...
- Author:Ollivier, EmileSummary:
Roman datmosphère et récit dun périple tragique, Passages cerne le drame des exilés haïtiens, dont la survie est la plupart du temps associée à la mort dêtres chers. Ode au courage et à la dignité, ce roman dÉmile Ollivier,...
