The Worlds Within Her - Softcover

Bissoondath, Neil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1897151101 ISBN 13: 9781897151105

Publisher: Cormorant Books Inc., 2007

Synopsis

Set in both the Caribbean and Canada, The Worlds Within Her joins politics and love as Yasmin recollects her life in the 40s and 50s. Alternating between Yasmin and her mother Shakti, their worlds and dreams collide to release deeply buried secrets.

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From the Back Cover:

"Brilliant--A compelling story, beautifully written." -- The Toronto Star

"Powerful and stylistically rich -- His best book yet.... Yasmin, in her attempts to blend the very different worlds within her into a satisfying sense of self, is as good a symbol of this country as we could ask for." - Montreal Gazette

"Compelling.... A charged and delicately shaded exploration of [a woman's] inner life.... Race politics, class tension, family secrets and betrayals [are] entwined in ways few readers will anticipate." - The Calgary Herald

"A multilayered journey from darkness to light-- rich in character as well as emotion." - Hamilton Spectator

"The Worlds Within Her impressively demonstrates that if being Canadian is about living in two places at once, such a fate is neither unusual, abrasive or malign.... Good news for our national culture." - The Globe and Mail

From the Inside Flap:

This beautiful novel from the acclaimed, award-winning author of A Casual Brutality and The Innocence of Age, joins politics and love in a powerful story set in both the Caribbean and Canada. Neil Bissoondath draws us with a startling grace of language into the lives of a mother and daughter whose worlds and dreams collide to release deeply buried secrets.  

About this edition

• Publisher: Cormorant Books Inc.
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1897151101
• ISBN 13: 9781897151105
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400