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Join educator Tina Urman, faculty member at the University of Toronto’s School of Continuing Studies, as she reviews a series of recent literary best selling novels, while discussing the common thread woven into these works that captures our imagination, attention and sensibilities.
Attend all three sessions for $30+ tax or $12+ tax per individual session. Price includes refreshments
Soucouyant David Chariandy’s Soucouyant tells us of enormous
loss and beautiful memory. A son rediscovers the heritage he has
rejected, as his aging mother’s mind disintegrates. The re-creation of
the mother’s Caribbean past within the circle of her son’s growing love
enfolds the reader in a magnificent story. The White Tiger The White Tiger is a tale of two Indias. Balram’s
journey from darkness of village life to the light of entrepreneurial
success is utterly amoral, brilliantly irreverent, deeply endearing and
altogether unforgettable. The Blood of Flowers The Blood of Flowers, tells the story of a young
woman in 17th-century Iran with a passion for knotting rugs. Her life
is thrown into an uproar when her father dies, and she and her mother
must depend on the kindness of wealthy relatives and hope that the
young woman finds a wealthy husband.
Still Alice
Lisa Genova
Alice
Howland is proud of the life she worked so hard to build. At fifty
years old, she’s a cognitive psychology professor at Harvard and a
world-renowned expert in linguistics with a successful husband and
three grown children. When she begins to grow disoriented and
forgetful, a tragic diagnosis changes her life -- and her relationship
with her family and the world -- forever.
David Chariandy
Aravind Adiga
Anita Amirrezvani
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For more information, contact Janet Grant at 416.673.8115 or via email at jgrant@marsdd.com
or visit www.marsdd.com/novelideas
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