| No New Land Contributor(s): Vassanji, M. G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0771087225 ISBN-13: 9780771087226 Publisher: Emblem Editions OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1997 Annotation: Nurdin Lalani and his family, Asian immigrants from Africa, have come to the Toronto suburb of Don Mills only to find that the old world and its values pursue them. A genial orderly at a downtown hospital, he has been accused of sexually assaulting a girl. Although he is innocent, traditional propriety prompts him to question the purity of his own thoughts. Ultimately, his friendship with the enlightened Sushila offers him an alluring freedom from a past that haunts him, a marriage that has become routine, and from the trials of coping with teenage children. Introducing us to a cast of vividly drawn characters within this immigrant community, Vassanji is a keen observer of lives caught between one world and another. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Friendship |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 92219898 |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 5.27" W x 8.51" (0.50 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Nurdin Lalani and his family, Asian immigrants from Africa, have come to the Toronto suburb of Don Mills only to find that the old world and its values pursue them. A genial orderly at a downtown hospital, he has been accused of sexually assaulting a girl. Although he is innocent, traditional propriety prompts him to question the purity of his own thoughts. Ultimately, his friendship with the enlightened Sushila offers him an alluring freedom from a past that haunts him, a marriage that has become routine, and from the trials of coping with teenage children. Introducing us to a cast of vividly drawn characters within this immigrant community, Vassanji is a keen observer of lives caught between one world and another. |