SHORTLISTED 2014 - Scotiabank Giller Prize From internationally acclaimed New Face of Fiction author Padma Viswanathan, a stunning new work set among families of those who lost loved ones in the 1985 Air India bombing, registering the unexpected reverberations of this tragedy in the lives of its survivors. A book of post-9/11 Canada, The Ever After of Ashwin Rao demonstrates that violent politics are all-too-often homegrown in North America but ignored at our peril. In 2004, almost 20 years after the fatal bombing of ...
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SHORTLISTED 2014 - Scotiabank Giller Prize From internationally acclaimed New Face of Fiction author Padma Viswanathan, a stunning new work set among families of those who lost loved ones in the 1985 Air India bombing, registering the unexpected reverberations of this tragedy in the lives of its survivors. A book of post-9/11 Canada, The Ever After of Ashwin Rao demonstrates that violent politics are all-too-often homegrown in North America but ignored at our peril. In 2004, almost 20 years after the fatal bombing of an Air India flight from Vancouver, 2 suspects--finally--are on trial for the crime. Ashwin Rao, an Indian psychologist trained in Canada, comes back to do a "study of comparative grief," interviewing people who lost loved one in the attack. What he neglects to mention is that he, too, had family members who died on the plane. Then, to his delight and fear, he becomes embroiled in the lives of one family caught in the undertow of the tragedy, and privy to their secrets. This surprising emotional connection sparks him to confront his own losses. The Ever After of Ashwin Rao imagines the lasting emotional and political consequences of a real-life act of terror, confronting what we might learn to live with and what we can live without.
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Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0307356345. Signed by Author; A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Inscribed by the author on title page.; 9.06 X 6.38 X 1.50 inches; 384 pages; a stunning new work set among families of those who lost loved ones in the 1985 Air India bombing, registering the unexpected reverberations of this tragedy in the lives of its survivors. A book of post-9/11 Canada, The Ever After of Ashwin Rao demonstrates that violent politics are all-too-often homegrown in North America but ignored at our peril. In 2004, almost 20 years after the fatal bombing of an Air India flight from Vancouver, 2 suspects--finally--are on trial for the crime. Ashwin Rao, an Indian psychologist trained in Canada, comes back to do a "study of comparative grief, " interviewing people who lost loved one in the attack. What he neglects to mention is that he, too, had family members who died on the plane. Then, to his delight and fear, he becomes embroiled in the lives of one family caught in the undertow of the tragedy, and privy to their secrets. This surprising emotional connection sparks him to confront his own losses.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Signed by Author (CAD) 2nd printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page, no other markings, very slight soft crease to top edge of front panel of Dj otherwise Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket. Boards, 384pp. This is a great novel on a family touched by great tragedy, inspired by the aftermath of the Air India Bombing. This was a ScotialBank Giller Prize finalist for 2014 and this 2nd printing has the Giller prize Fianlist circle printed to the dust jacket. (1.8 JM HOQ 102/b3.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Signed by Author (CAD) 2nd printing. SIGNED BY AUTHOR to the title page, no other markings, Fine in unclipped Fine dust jacket. Boards, 384pp. This is a great novel on a family touched by great tragedy, inspired by the aftermath of the Air India Bombing. This was a ScotialBank Giller Prize finalist for 2014 (1.8 JM HOQ 100/2.
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Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 0307356345. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Second impression. Flat-signed by author on title page. A few wrinkles around top spine.; 9.06 X 6.38 X 1.50 inches; 384 pages; Signed by Author.
