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Now her crystalline French has been deftly and beautifully rendered into English by Wayne Grady: ‘I’m a grain of salt on the tongue of the earth. 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Here resides the great intelligence of Yara El-Ghadban’s book, which, taking up and going beyond Spinoza’s famous formula, reaffirms that literature can at once laugh, cry, hate, and understand.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLettres québécoises\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Lettres québécoises","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“Yara El-Ghadban paints a picture of a country devastated by an ethical shortcoming that affects everyone, Palestinians and Israelis. Through this chorus of female voices and through the character of a nurse who reads to the patient, she calls for wisdom.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTelQuel\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"TelQuel","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“[Yara El-Ghadban’s] prose forces us to look anew. Readers accustomed to the repetitive stories of textbooks and the media will be transported into the eye of the hurricane and enveloped in the close proximity and conflagration of war … and carried away by a pen that combines history and feeling with extraordinary panache. Don’t wait. 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I Am Ariel Sharon
I Am Ariel Sharon dives into the tortured mind of the controversial Israeli prime minister as he lies comatose and faces an ultimate reckoning.
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In Exile
Award-winning journalist Sadiya Ansari’s deeply personal investigation of a family secret with lingering consequences.
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A powerful drama about entwined lives and a woman with an unsettling ability to broach the innermost dynamics of the people around her.
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Haunted by the political history of the Middle East, by the precarity of the contemporary Canadian metropole, and by the spectre of death — ‘That slow ghost \/ pushing a drip stand \/ down the corridor \/ That’s me’ — this existential intruder questions just about everything, including himself. ‘Maybe you ask too many questions,’ writes the poet, ‘Maybe it’s time to let the wind have your clothes.’ Wondrously, Sinaee’s lyric interrogations hold us captive even as they invite us to imagine our escape.","OtherText_Accolades_0_Auth":"Srikanth Reddy, author of Underworld Lit","OtherText_Accolades_1":"Intruder is a book that wants to ‘welcome the world, all of it’ — birdsong and myth, magnolias and the city, along with the ‘slow ghost \/ pushing a drip stand \/down the corridor.’ We sit with the poet in a room with two windows; we sit with the patient as a central venous catheter is inserted into his chest. 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His first collection is sure to be an enormous draw to those already familiar with his impressive body of work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/prismmagazine.ca\/2020\/01\/14\/58-2-teaser-get-to-know-bardia-sinaee\/\"\u003ehttp:\/\/prismmagazine.ca\/2020\/01\/14\/58-2-teaser-get-to-know-bardia-sinaee\/\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePOEMS AT THE HEART OF CONTEMPORARY CONCERNS: \u003c\/strong\u003eBardia’s poetry touches on urban life, health and sickness, xenophobia, and migration. These are poems that speak to the modern world in all its difficulties and complexities, appealing to readers of Danez Smith and Rae Armantrout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTIMELY WRITING ON COVID-19: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eIntruder\u003c\/em\u003e will be one of the first published poetry collections to respond to the COVID-19 epidemic, both its personal and global impacts. 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Intruder
In Intruder, acclaimed poet Bardia Sinaee explores with vivid and precise language themes of encroachment in contemporary life.
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Little Theatres
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Examining Alicia’s and his own different choices and circumstances, he attempts to discover how their lives diverged — and what drives people like Alicia to face death in the pursuit of their ideals.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2023-01-16T14:22:01-05:00","created_at":"2023-01-16T14:16:57-05:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Award Winning","Adult Nonfiction","By (author) Raboy Marc","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2022-04-12"],"price":1899,"price_min":1899,"price_max":2299,"available":true,"price_varies":true,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":41074644779067,"title":"trade paperback","option1":"trade paperback","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487010546","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Looking for Alicia - trade paperback","public_title":"trade paperback","options":["trade paperback"],"price":2299,"weight":474,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781487010546","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]},{"id":41074645139515,"title":"epub","option1":"epub","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781487010553","requires_shipping":false,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Looking for Alicia - epub","public_title":"epub","options":["epub"],"price":1899,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":null,"barcode":"9781487010553","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ed91d23c-c5ed-4d4e-9bee-73c6e8391ded.jpg?v=1733027446"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ed91d23c-c5ed-4d4e-9bee-73c6e8391ded.jpg?v=1733027446","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24941390168123,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":2700,"width":1800,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ed91d23c-c5ed-4d4e-9bee-73c6e8391ded.jpg?v=1733027446"},"aspect_ratio":0.667,"height":2700,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_ed91d23c-c5ed-4d4e-9bee-73c6e8391ded.jpg?v=1733027446","width":1800}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner, 2022 Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWinner, 2024 Montreal Jewish Public Library J.I Segal Award for Best Quebec Book on a Jewish Theme\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe biography of a radical young idealist, her determination to make a difference in the world, and her disappearance in 1976, revealing the human cost and undying legacy of Argentina’s descent into rightwing madness.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/strong\u003eIt started with a coincidence — when Marc Raboy happened to discover that he shared a surname with a young left-wing Argentinian journalist who in 1976 was ambushed by a right-wing death squad while driving with her family. 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Alicia’s story is the story of too many Argentinians, which Raboy brings to life in this thoroughly engrossing account.\" — \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Andreas, Brown University, author of \u003cem\u003eRebel Mother: My Childhood Chasing the Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_0_Auth":"Peter Andreas, Brown University, author of Rebel Mother: My Childhood Chasing the Revolution","OtherText_Accolades_1":"\u003cp\u003e\"Marc Raboy’s personal journey of discovery takes the reader into the terror of Argentina’s 1970s military dictatorship. Rich in anecdote and authoritative political history, this riveting work of remembrance combines thorough research with the pacing of a cracking good novel.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eChristopher Neal, former Latin America-based journalist and author of \u003cem\u003eThe Rebel Scribe – Carleton Beals and the Progressive Challenge to US Policy in Latin America\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_1_Auth":"Christopher Neal, former Latin America-based journalist and author of The Rebel Scribe – Carleton Beals and the Progressive Challenge to US Policy in Latin America","OtherText_Accolades_2":"\u003cp\u003e\"Marc Raboy’s investigation into the disappearance of Argentine journalist and social activist, Alicia Raboy, \u003cem\u003eLooking for Alicia\u003c\/em\u003e succeeds in many ways. As a personal memoir, it uncovers surprising family links (Marc and Alicia are distantly related). As a political essay, it delves into the nature of repressive and democratic governments. As a page-turning story, it sweeps away the dust around a decades-old mystery. As a cautionary tale, it warns of the consequences that idealistic youth inevitably face in their zeal to confront corrupt powers that be. As a moral treatise, it posits that the search for justice is an obligation that continues long after unpunished crimes were committed.\" — \u003cstrong\u003eJury Citation, Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_2_Auth":"Jury Citation, Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-Fiction","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eA compelling exploration of the life story of an Argentine desaparecida (“missing individual”).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpeaks to the complex political situation in Argentina in the 1970s.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor fans of complex memoirs, investigative journalism, and historical drama.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Long_description_1":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eA compelling exploration of the life story of an Argentine desaparecida (“missing individual”).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpeaks to the complex political situation in Argentina in the 1970s.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor fans of complex memoirs, investigative journalism, and historical drama.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003e\"Raboy’s book is an effort to recover something more than the bare-bones official story … it is an attempt to reconstruct the life of a woman who was killed by the state for her radical politics. Attempting this, difficult or impossible as it is, humanizes the victims of the dictatorship and reminds us that though they may be called \u003cem \u003edesaparecidos\u003c\/em\u003e, they did not disappear — they were killed by their fellow Argentines for what they believed in.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJacobin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"White Wall Review","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e\"What had begun as a pleasant vacation and a casual genealogical interest suddenly became the impetus for an in-depth investigation … are the Argentinian Raboys long-lost relatives? The reader will find out, but more important than blood kinship for Marc Raboy is the irreparable bond he has forged with them.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCanadian Jewish News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Literary Review of Canada","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e\"By telling the tale of one person’s political awakening — her commitment, her energy and optimism, and her fate Marc Raboy makes a distant and dismal period of violence and fear accessible.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLiterary Review of Canada\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Canadian Jewish News","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem \u003e\"Looking for Alicia \u003c\/em\u003eis an important book\u003cem \u003e.\u003c\/em\u003e In giving a face and a name to one principled victim of the ‘Dirty War,’ it memorializes all of them. It is a stark reminder that there are moral choices to be made. Like Alicia, eventually we all must decide which side we are on.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eJewish Book Council\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e\"In sketching the outlines of Alicia’s story, Raboy points us to other mysteries of Argentina’s 1970s and ’80s — thousands of them — still waiting to be solved.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eForeword\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Jacobin","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem \u003e\"Looking for Alicia \u003c\/em\u003eis beautifully written and based on meticulous research.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCanadian Journal of Communication\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Forward","OtherText_Review_6":"\u003cp\u003e\"[Raboy] thoroughly details the political turmoil that existed in Argentina for much of the 20th century, including six military coups that took place between 1930 and 1976 … Raboy links Argentina’s bloody history to the real lives of Alicia, Urondo and their families, but the book also contains detailed information on the country’s political history.\" — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Jewish Book Council","OtherText_Review_7":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem \u003e\"Looking for Alicia \u003c\/em\u003eis an unfortunate and stark symbol of the way women’s lives and stories are seen as inconsequential, as vessels for amplifying the lives of people around them. 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The biography of a young idealist's disappearance in 1976, revealing the human cost and undying legacy of Argentina’s descent into rightwing madness.
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Mai at the Predators' Ball
The fifth in the ten-book "Soifs" novel cycle. In this vibrant novel, we enter the lives of unforgettable characters, some familiar from previous works and some new.
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Mean
Ken Babstock's award-winning debut collection captures our isolation and reconnects us.
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Methodist Hatchet
The exhilarating fourth collection from one of Canada’s most talented poets, Governor General’s Literary Award winner Ken Babstock.
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Minds of Winter
The unexpected meeting of two present-day travellers exposes one of the most perplexing mysteries in the history of Arctic exploration.
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As visual as it is lyrical, Wani announces herself as a poet who pushes the experimentation of form forward, taking bold risks and literally reinventing the way that we see language. ‘A mosque is always directed toward Mecca. A dome does not have orientation unless it is toward the sky,’ Wani writes, and pointing her eyes to the sky, and with incredible vision, makes even the tiniest detail visible.” — \u003cstrong\u003eFatimah Asghar, author of If They Come for Us, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Auth":"Fatimah Asghar, author of If They Come for Us","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e“I read Sanna Wani’s \u003cem\u003eMy Grief, the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e with a highlighter in my hand, and by the time I was done, it was nearly out of ink. I could not stop loving lines, wanting to be sure I remembered them always. They progress with such sureness into marvelous and unexpected directions: ‘God climbs so many trees. Religion is a ladder. We are meant to help Him down.’ Over and over, Wani practices the act of artful surrender to each poem’s strange, budding logic. That she can do so with such apparent ease is astonishing. That we get to witness the places her gorgeous poems take her is a profound gift. I’m wonderstruck.” — \u003cstrong\u003eHeather Christle, author of Heliopause and The Trees The Trees, \u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Auth":"Heather Christle, author of Heliopause and The Trees The Trees","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e“Slipping gracefully between subjects as disparate as pop culture and theology, while maintaining her recognizably disarming mix of poignancy and sweetness, Wani’s formal approaches in \u003cem\u003eMy Grief, the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e are … hard to look away from, with surprise after surprise appearing on each successive page.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCAROUSEL\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"CAROUSEL","OtherText_Review_6":"\u003cp\u003e“In \u003cem\u003eMy Grief, the Sun\u003c\/em\u003e, Sanna Wani unlocks a door for her readers, invites them to be open-hearted—to be vulnerable and curious—meditating on the ways in which love, longing, grief, distance, and faith can live together inside a person’s body and soul.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eHerizons\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Herizons","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe highly anticipated debut collection from acclaimed poet Sanna Wani.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","PrizeCodeText_0":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_1":"Long-listed","PrizeCodeText_2":"Winner","PrizeCode_0":"04","PrizeCode_1":"05","PrizeCode_2":"01","PrizeName_0":"LCP Gerald Lampert Memorial Award","PrizeName_1":"LCP Pat Lowther Memorial Award","PrizeName_2":"Ontario Trillium Award for Poetry","PrizeYear_0":"2023","PrizeYear_1":"2023","PrizeYear_2":"2023","ProductFormDescription":"epub","PublicationDate":"2022-04-05","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe highly anticipated debut collection from acclaimed poet Sanna Wani.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","Width":"6","WidthCode":"in"}
My Grief, the Sun
The highly anticipated debut collection from acclaimed poet Sanna Wani.
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My Grief, the Sun: Special Edition
The highly anticipated debut collection from acclaimed poet Sanna Wani.
