- Paperback: 274 pages
- Publisher: Goose Lane Editions; No edition edition (Sep 14 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0864924887
- ISBN-13: 978-0864924889
- Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 15.1 x 1.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 318 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #286,041 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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“Baldwin is . . . far more overtly political than most of Canada’s younger novelists, and she becomes more ambitious with every book.” — The Globe and Mail
“Shauna Singh Baldwin is her own master.” — The Times (London)
“Shauna Singh Baldwin is her own master.” — The Times (London)
Book Description
Ten years after her stunning debut, Shauna Singh Baldwin returns to Goose Lane with an outstanding new collection of ten stories. Migrating from Central America to the American South, from Metro Toronto to the Ukraine, this book features an unforgettable cast of characters. In the title story, 16-year-old Megan hates her Pakistani grandmother — until Grandma disappears. In the enchanting magical realism of “Naina,” an Indo-Canadian woman is pregnant with a baby girl who refuses to be born. “The View from the Mountain” introduces Wilson Gonzales, who makes friends with his new American boss, the aptly named Ted Grand. But following 9ቧ, Ted’s suspicions cloud his judgment and threaten his friendship with Wilson. Each containing an entire world, these stories are marked by indelible images and unforgettable turns of phrase — hallmarks of Baldwin’s fictional world. (20120503)
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Bright, deep, entertaining, Jan 7 2008
By Judy W. Bridges - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: We Are Not in Pakistan (Paperback)
This is a brand new collection of short stories written by a woman who knows what it's like to live in many cultures, all at once. It's easy to get lofty when you speak of Baldwin's writing -- after all, she won a Commonwealth Writer's Prize (Canada and Caribbean) for her novel, What the Body Remembers, and was a finalist for a Giller Prize for Tiger Claw. And there's the political aspect -- the way she illuminates cultures that are becoming more complex, more hybrid, more important. But what I like best is the way she tells stories. She allows us to slide into the daily -- sometimes rowdy; sometimes ridiculous; sometimes poignant -- lives of those who are like us and those who are "other." From Fletcher the dog to "This Raghead," we are, first and foremost, entertained. Then, when we stop and think about it, we realize we also learned a thing or two.
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