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Fiction: Novels

Nostalgia

By M.G. Vassanji

Having previously mined his South Asian heritage, East African upbringing, and North American education in historically soaked fiction and non-fiction, M.G. Vassanji turns to the future in his new novel, somewhat ironically titled Nostalgia. On ... Read More »

September 7, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Five Roses

By Alice Zorn

Readers familiar with Miriam Toews’s earnest rendering of suicide’s complexities and heartbreak in All My Puny Sorrows will appreciate Alice Zorn’s admirable second novel for its equally sober depiction of the lasting impact the act ... Read More »

August 23, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Fatalists

By Patrick Blennerhassett

Most everyone has experienced the aggravation of temporarily losing cellphone or Internet services. But what would happen if all these forms of communication suddenly disappeared – simultaneously, and perhaps forever? How intense would the aggravation ... Read More »

August 16, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Wonder

By Emma Donoghue

Emma Donoghue’s latest novel thrusts us back into a small, claustrophobic room. Inside is a child, and once again, the child’s life is in danger. An intense drama unfolds. You are never sure how it ... Read More »

August 8, 2016 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels