Something Remains
Autor Hassan Ghedi Santuren Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 dec 2009
Andrew Christiansen, a war photographer turned cabdriver, is having a bad year. His mother has just died; his father, on the verge of a nervous breakdown, gets arrested; and he's married to a woman he doesn't love. To make matters worse, Sarah, the gifted actress from his past, storms back into his life, bringing with her a hurricane of changes and the possibility of happiness.
Keeping Andrew sane is his beloved camera through which he captures the many Torontonians who ride in his taxi. Also keeping Andrew rational is his friendship with Zakhariye, a Somali-born magazine editor grieving the death of a son. Through Zakhariye we glimpse a world beyond Toronto, a world where civil wars rage and stark poverty delivers everyday sorrow and anguish.
Something Remains probes the various ways humans grieve when the lives they build for themselves fall apart. It speaks of the joy we find in what remains and the hope that comes with life putting itself back together in ways we never imagined.
Keeping Andrew sane is his beloved camera through which he captures the many Torontonians who ride in his taxi. Also keeping Andrew rational is his friendship with Zakhariye, a Somali-born magazine editor grieving the death of a son. Through Zakhariye we glimpse a world beyond Toronto, a world where civil wars rage and stark poverty delivers everyday sorrow and anguish.
Something Remains probes the various ways humans grieve when the lives they build for themselves fall apart. It speaks of the joy we find in what remains and the hope that comes with life putting itself back together in ways we never imagined.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781554884650
ISBN-10: 1554884659
Pagini: 327
Dimensiuni: 137 x 213 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Dundurn Group (CA)
Locul publicării:Canada
ISBN-10: 1554884659
Pagini: 327
Dimensiuni: 137 x 213 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Dundurn Group (CA)
Locul publicării:Canada
Recenzii
"There is irresistible heart in this novel, an ambitious determination to encompass the complexity of the world in the lives of a handful of ordinarily flawed and striving people."
Notă biografică
Hassan Ghedi Santur was born in Somalia and immigrated to Canada when he was 14 just before the outbreak of civil war in his country. He eventually earned a B.A. in English literature and an M.F.A. in screenwriting at York University. Santur works as a freelance radio producer for CBC. He lives in Toronto
Descriere
Andrew Christiansen, a war photographer turned cabdriver, is having a bad year. His mother has just died; his father, on the verge of a nervous breakdown, gets arrested; and hes married to a woman he doesnt love. Keeping Andrew sane is his beloved camera through which he captures the many Torontonians who ride in his taxi.