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Cereus Blooms at Night
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Author: Shani Mootoo
Title: Cereus Blooms at Night
Binding: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 272
Release Date: 2009-10-27
Details: Shani Mootoo's haunting debut took the international literary world by storm. A Book Sense selection and a finalist for the Giller Prize, the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award, and the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, Cereus Blooms at Night is an exquisite cross-generational history filled with thrilling passion and alluring mystery. Set in the fictional Caribbean town of Paradise, Cereus Blooms at Night unveils the mystery surrounding Mala Ramchandin, an aging, notoriously crazy woman suspected of murdering her father. When a judge finds Mala unfit to stand trial, she is delivered, frail and mute, to the Paradise Alms House and into the care of Tyler, a vivacious male nurse, who becomes the unlikely storyteller of Mala's extraordinary life. In luminous, sensual prose, Mootoo explores identity, gender, and violence in a celebration of our capacity to love despite cruelty and despair.
EAN: 9780802144621
Package Dimensions: Height: 8.25 Inches, Length: 5.5 Inches, Weight: 0.7 Pounds, Width: 0.75 Inches
Languages: en
