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Exile
Contributor(s): Ireland, Ann (Author)
ISBN: 1550024914     ISBN-13: 9781550024913
Publisher: Dundurn Group
OUR PRICE:   $17.09  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2004
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Annotation: Rescued from the dangers he faces in a Latin American military dictatorship, writer Carlos Romero Esevez is given a new life in Vancouver. His rescuers, a benevolent group devoted to aiding oppressed writers, believe they've found a poster boy. Carlos thinks he's found a new life, new freedom, and new, powerful friends. But soon everyone's illusions are dispelled, and Carlos finds life in exile to be a new kind of prison. Shortlisted for the 2002 Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction and now available in trade paperback format for the first time, "Exile is the work of an author in full control of her considerable talents.
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BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Political
Dewey: FIC
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.26" W x 8.3" (0.73 lbs) 302 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Canadian
- Ethnic Orientation - Latino
- Geographic Orientation - British Columbia
- Locality - Vancouver, British Columbia
 
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Short-listed for the 2002 Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction and the 2002 Roger Writers' Trust Fiction Prize

Rescued from the dangers he faces in a Latin American military dictatorship, writer Carlos Romero Estevez is given a new life in Vancouver. His rescuers, a benevolent group devoted to aiding oppressed writers, believe they've found a poster-boy. Carlos thinks he's found a new life, new freedom, and new, powerful friends. But soon everyone's illusions are dispelled, and Carlos finds life in exile to be a new kind of prison.

Now available in trade paperback format for the first time, Exile is the work of an author in full control of her considerable talents. Award-winning author Ann Ireland is the author of two previous novels: A Certain Mr. Takahashi (1985 - now available from The Dundurn Group), and The Instructor (1996). She teaches at Ryerson University, and is a past-president of PEN Canada.

Contributor Bio(s): Ireland, Ann: -

Ann Ireland was the author of A Certain Mr. Takahashi (winner of the Seal First Novel Award), and Exile (shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize). The first edition of her novel The Instructor was a finalist for the Ontario Trillium Award.