This dazzling collection of short stories, originally published in 1985, marks the brilliant debut of Neil Bissoondath, a major voice in Canadian fiction. Focusing on contemporary themes of cultural dislocation, revolution, and the shifting politics of the Third World, the stories resonate with Bissoondath's compassion for people threatened by circumstances beyond their control. From the Paperback edition.
"This dazzling collection of short stories, originally published in 1985, marks the brilliant debut of Neil Bissoondath, a major voice in Canadian fiction. Focusing on contemporary themes of cultural dislocation, revolution, and the shifting politics of the Third World, the stories resonate with Bissoondath's compassion for people threatened by circumstances beyond their control. From the Paperback edition."@en
"Quatorze nouvelles črites, dans le db̌ut des anněs 1980, par cet auteur torontois, n ̌ ̉Trinidad de parents indiens. Les personnages principaux sont des immigrants, des dřacinš, parfois des ťrangers dans leur propre pays, que l'auteur appelle des "immigrants de l'intřieur". Certains viennent du Tiers Monde, d'autres d'Europe ou du Canada. Le recueil aborde dǰ ̉la plupart des thm̈es des romans ̉venir: l'exil (qui devient parfois point d'ancrage), l'intolřance, et ̉un moindre degr, ̌ "le politique comme menace ̉l'individu". [SDM]."
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