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Calvin Park Branch | Fiction SHORT STORIES Estim | On loan until: 02/May/24 |
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Title Statement | The Syrian Ladies Benevolent Society / Christine Estima. |
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Author | Estima, Christine |
Publication | Toronto: Astoria/House of Anansi Press,2023. |
Extent of Item | 196 pages |
ISBN | 9781487012335 (trade paperback) |
Other Number | pr07080590 |
Contents | The castle of Montreal --The Syrian Ladies Benevolent Society --Ortona --Montreal awaits you --The belly dancer --The last cigarette --Fairview Mall --The power of the dog --A degree of suffering is required --Blink --Rue Berri --Your hands are blessed --Mabrouk. |
Summary | With imaginative aplomb and abiding passion, The Syrian Ladies Benevolent Society masterfully traces the deep roots of the Arab immigrant experience. These unforgettable interlocking stories follow an Arab family as they flee the Middle East in the nineteenth century, settle in Montreal in the twentieth, and face the collision between tradition and modernity in the twenty-first. This family includes trailblazing Lebanese freedom fighters, undercover operatives in World War II, and brave Syrian refugees trying to find their place in Canadian society. The line of daring women culminates in Azurée, a young Arab woman living in the echoes of her ancestors' voices. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Arabs--Fiction |
Immigrants--Fiction--Canada | |
Arab Canadians--Fiction | |
By Genre | Short stories |