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By Anita Rau Badami

Vancouver writer Anita Rau Badami weaves a tale of bittersweet nostalgia in her first novel, imbuing her descriptions of Indian domestic life with achingly palpable details as she explores all the small ceremonies that make ... Read More »

March 17, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

By Jean McNeil

Cruel seasons, isolated landscapes, a bloody history, madness, alcoholism, and a narrator named Morag: could a first novel possibly be more Canadian? Jean McNeil, a 28-year-old New Brunswick-born writer now based in England bravely takes ... Read More »

March 17, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels