pickRead this one for the Heliconian Lecture Series. Maya works for a NGO in an unnamed African country and is asked to rush in site when a young woman from the community accuses one of the staff of rape. It is an examination of what the meaning of charity is, the chasm between the community and the visitors to that community. It is also a story of bias and complicity. Parts of the book didn‘t work and there is some clunky language, so a low pick.
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pickSuch a powerful collection of 13 short stories: almost all with South Asian/Canadian characters reflecting complex issues related to queerness, family and relationships, racism, transformation out of oppressive identities and expectations (hence “Chrysalis”), abuse, and paranormal/Magical realism/spiritual elements. Each one is very different, and a few fall flat for me, but the lyricism and deep explorations of complex issues are captivating.
Somewhere in the city, the family into whose hands I was born mourns the boy I never was, fails to see who I am, who I've always been. The failure is theirs, not mine, and I am strong enough to let them go, to speak of my body with gentle words, to make of myself a woman who is sparkling and strange and whole. There is space for all these things. This too, after all, is love.
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“The first time lightning struck Bhupati's shrine to Goddess Lakshmi, it set her face on fire.”
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A Girl's Story by Annie Ernaux
The Pegnitz Junction by Mavis Gallant
Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro
so-soJust OK. A quick read.
Petit bonheur quotidien durant ma pause au travail, avec ce biscuit sucré et cette nouvelle lecture. Les voix autour de moi m'aident à me plonger dans l'ambiance de la scêne de carnaval avec laquelle débute le livre.
pickAn excellent collection of short stories by Canadian Kate Cayley. (Originally published in 2014, this new edition is coming out soon with 3 additional stories.) Each story is a little gem, a careful observation of human behavior. Indeed in many of the stories, characters are observing others, and figuring out their own reliance on/distance from/ connection to other people. #netgalley
