Review
• "A novel of considerable charm and intelligence, informed by a delightful sense of irony." -- Mordecai Richler
• "Vassanji probes beneath the surface to create a compelling and poignant portrait of human displacement." --
Ottawa Citizen • "It is part of Vassanji's great talent to demonstrate that the minor changes -- unexpected love, sex, accusations -- in the life of a very modest man are, in fact, transformations of history." --
Globe and Mail • "Vassanji, in charting a tiny part of the Canadian reality, offers up certain truths, thought-provoking, disturbing, but ultimately, and in a small way, hopeful." --
Saturday Night
From the Back Cover
“A novel of considerable charm and intelligence, informed by a delightful sense of irony.”
–Mordecai Richler
“Vassanji probes beneath the surface to create a compelling and poignant portrait of human displacement.”
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Ottawa Citizen“It is part of Vassanji’s great talent to demonstrate that the minor changes – unexpected love, sex, accusations – in the life of a very modest man are, in fact, transformations of history.”
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Globe and Mail“Vassanji, in charting a tiny part of the Canadian reality, offers up certain truths, thought-provoking, disturbing, but ultimately, and in a small way, hopeful.”
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Saturday Night“
No New Land, like Nino Ricci’s
Lives of the Saints and Sky Lee’s
Disappearing Moon Café, redefines and extends our sense of the possibilities, not of multicultural literature in Canada, but of Canadian writing
tout court.”
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Books in Canada
“A poignant story of the immigrant experience.…Vassanji has provided an absorbing snapshot of our often vulnerable neighbors.”
–Montreal
Gazette“[Vassanji] writes in an inviting, straightforward style laced with humour.…”
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Vancouver Sun
“No New Land creates a rich portrait of a transplanted community.”
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Calgary Herald
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No New Land, with quiet humor and wisdom, gives deep insight into the strains and promises of immigration.”
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World Literature Today