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  • Forgotten Exiles

    Short Stories

    by Cyril Dabydeen ...
    A superb collection from one of Canada' s acclaimed short story writers. Cyril Dabydeen' s Forgotten Exiles presents vibrant, humorous, and emotionally charged stories that explore displacement, identity, and belonging. Drawing on his Guyanese and Caribbean roots, Dabydeen reflects on his life in the 1970s, from planting trees in the rugged landscapes around Lake Superior to navigating cultural ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • North of the Equator

    by Cyril Dabydeen ...
    Cyril Dabydeen’s new collection of stories, North of the Equator, looks at the polarities of tropical and temperate places. Acclaimed novelist Sam Selvon (The Lonely Londoners) says, "Dabydeen is in the vanguard of contemporary short-story writers, shuttling with equal and consummate skill from rural Guyana to metropolitan Canada." Dabydeen’s characters occupy the spaces in between. They live in ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Another Life / Une autre vie

    by Roopika Risam, Myriam Moïse, Sabine Lauret, Angeline O'Neill, Mélanie Joseph-Vilain, Mark Froud, Mathilde Rogez, Cyril Dabydeen, Savrina Chinien, Fred d'Aguiar, Tore Holst, Eric Doumerc, Yolaine Parisot, Priya Menon, S. J. Mark Destephano, Madeleine Laurencin, Judith Misrahi-Barak, Marie-Célie Agnant ...
    Series series Horizons anglophones - Série PoCoPages
    Many writers started their professional lives in very diverse fields before embracing writing, or on the contrary have turned away from writing. The present volume seeks to explore the complex relationship between that ‘other life’ and writing. The aim is to determine whether a writer’s ‘other life’ appears in, influences or even shapes his/her work, and to what extent. What is the part of ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • Haida Gwaii

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    Notes to Belonging

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  • Translating Women

    Edited by Luise von Flotow ...
    Series series Perspectives on Translation
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    Canadians in Paris

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    Series series Perspectives on Translation
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