I've Been Meaning to Tell You: A Letter To My Daughter by David Chariandy (Engli

Description: I've Been Meaning to Tell You by David Chariandy In the tradition of Ta-Nehisi Coatess Between the World and Me, acclaimed novelist David Chariandys latest is an intimate and profoundly beautiful meditation on the politics of race todayWhen a moment of quietly ignored bigotry prompted his three-year-old daughter to ask what happened?, David Chariandy began wondering how to discuss with his children the politics of race. Today, in a newly heated era of struggle and divisions, he has completed a letter to his now thirteen-year-old daughter.The son of Black and South Asian migrants from Trinidad, David draws upon his personal and ancestral past, including his experiences growing up as a visible minority within the land of his birth, as well as the legacies of slavery, indenture and immigration.In sharing with his daughter his own story of race, he hopes to cultivate within her a sense of identity that balances the painful truths of the past and present with hopeful possibilities for a better future. With intimacy, sensitivity and beauty, Chariandy shares the questions he is addressing to his daughter – questions of immense importance and resonance for us all. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography David Chariandy grew up in Toronto and lives and teaches in Vancouver. His debut novel, Soucouyant, was nominated for nearly every major literary prize in Canada. It was shortlisted for the Governor Generals Literary Award, won a Gold Independent Publisher Award for Best Novel and was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Brother, his second novel, was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and won the Rogers Writers Trust Fiction Prize and the Toronto Book Award. Film and television rights have been acquired by production companies Conquering Lion and Hawkeye Pictures. This is his first work of non-fiction. Review A brilliant, powerful elegy from a living brother to a lost one, yet pulsing with rhythm, and beating with life -- Praise for Brother, Marlon James, Man Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven KillingsI love this novel. Riveting, composed, charged with feeling, Brother surrounds us with music and aspiration, fidelity and beauty -- Praise for Brother, Madeleine Thien, author of Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel Do Not Say We Have NothingMesmerizing. Poetic. Achingly soulful -- Lawrence Hill, author of The Book of Negroes Promotional In the tradition of Ta-Nehisi Coatess Between the World and Me, acclaimed novelist David Chariandys latest is an intimate and profoundly beautiful meditation on the politics of race today Review Quote A brilliant , powerful elegy from a living brother to a lost one, yet pulsing with rhythm, and beating with life Promotional "Headline" In the tradition of Ta-Nehisi Coatess Between the World and Me , acclaimed novelist David Chariandys latest is an intimate and profoundly beautiful meditation on the politics of race today Feature David Chariandy is a highly celebrated, exciting young writer: his first novel, Soucouyant , was nominated for nearly every major literary prize in Canada; his second novel, Brother , won the Rogers Writers Trust Fiction Prize, the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize and the Toronto Book Award, was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Aspen Words Literary Prize and nominated for the 2019 Dublin Literary Award Details ISBN1526602873 Author David Chariandy ISBN-10 1526602873 ISBN-13 9781526602879 Format Hardcover Pages 96 Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Subtitle A Letter To My Daughter Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 813.6 Year 2019 Publication Date 2019-03-14 Short Title Ive Been Meaning to Tell You Language English UK Release Date 2019-03-14 NZ Release Date 2019-03-14 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Audience General AU Release Date 2019-05-05 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:123333792;

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