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Irani, Anosh

Translated from the Gibberish Seven Stories and One Half Truth

Knopf Canada, 2019

20.00 €

Kalamos Books

(STREETSVILLE, Canada)

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Year of publication
2019
ISBN
9780735278523
Place of printing
Toronto
Author
Irani, Anosh
Publishers
Knopf Canada
Edition
1st Canadian Edition.
Keyword
CANADA FICTION SHORT STORIES INDIAN IMMIGRANTS INDO-CAANADIAN, WRITER
Binding description
S
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
As New
Binding
Softcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

Twenty years ago, to the mystification of family and friends, Irani left India for Vancouver, Canada, a city and a country completely foreign to him. In these stunning stories and one "half truth" (a semi-fictional meditation on the experience of being an immigrant) we meet a swimming instructor determined to reenact John Cheever's iconic short story "The Swimmer" in the pools of Mumbai; a famous Indian chef who breaks down on a New York talk show; a gangster's wife who believes a penguin at the Mumbai zoo is the reincarnation of her lost child; an illegal immigrant in Vancouver who plays a fateful game of cricket; and a kindly sweets-shop owner whose hope for a new life in Canada leads to a terrible choice. The book starts and ends with a gorgeous, emotionally raw "translation" to the page of the author's own life between worlds, blurring the line between fiction and fact.211p.