Cereus Blooms at Night: A Novel by Shani Mootoo
Cereus Blooms at Night: A Novel Shani Mootoo ebook
ISBN: 9780380731992
Page: 272
Format: pdf
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Sep 27, 2009 - Her first novel, Cereus Blooms at Night, made the Giller short list; her second, He Drown She In The Sea, was IMPAC longlisted — so she is no stranger to international prize competitions. Mar 19, 2011 - She is the author of three novels: Cereus Blooms at Night (1996), He Drown She in the Sea (2005), and Valmiki's Daughter (2008), as well as a collection of short stories and a book of poems. Jun 13, 2013 - Two novels that plainly show the hell that this kind of silence and suffering create spring to mind, one is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's “Purple Hibiscus” and “ Cereus Blooms at Night” by Shani Mootoo. Apr 22, 2008 - Another book, a novel, that brilliantly deals with child sexual abuse and the guilt it produces in the victim is Cereus Blooms in the Night – an all time favourite of mine. Jan 27, 2009 - And I began with Shani Mootoo(a Trinidadian)'s debut novel Cereus Blooms at Night. Sep 4, 2011 - For novels, Shani Mootoo's The Cereus Blooms at Night. Sep 21, 2008 - The road we take to come home from choir practice passes beside Punahou school campus, which is enclosed by a low wall of volcanic stone over which a riotous hedge of night-blooming cereus spills. May 2, 2012 - Clarke's title alludes to George Lamming's novel, In the Castle of My Skin (1953), where the protagonist G. Shani Mootoo creates a masterpiece in Cereus Blooms at Night by spinning a web through characters and time. Aug 30, 2007 - I have to blog about this book, but I don't even have words to describe it. Mar 9, 2010 - What does the night-blooming cereus symbolize? If it is an omen or sign what Taylor just looked at them as illegal immigrants in a condecending way but then she realized how deep their story was.