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The Meagre Tarmac

by Clark Blaise
$9.90
The Meagre Tarmac
The Meagre Tarmac

Indian diaspora tales, North American literary craft.

This book will resonate with you if you're curious about the intricacies of the immigrant experience, particularly from the Indian subcontinent to North America. Clark Blaise's stories are crafted with an understanding of the diaspora's challenges and dreams, making "The Meagre Tarmac" a poignant reflection of cultural and personal identity struggles blended with sharp observations and storytelling prowess.

  • Scotiabank Giller Prize Nominee (2011)
  • Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Nominee (2011)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Meagre Tarmac

by Clark Blaise
$9.90
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ISBN: 9781926845159
Authors: Clark Blaise
Publisher: Biblioasis
Date of Publication: 2011-06-07
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction
Related Topics: Asian Literature
Goodreads rating: 3.78
(rated by 95 readers)

Description

Shortlisted for the 2011 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, 2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize Nominee, Longlisted for the Frank O'Connor Short Story Award. "Clark Blaise’s brilliantly imagined The Meagre Tarmac is a novel in short-story form, warmly intimate, startling in its quick jumps and revelations, a portrait of individuals for whom we come to care deeply – and a portrait of an Indo-American way of life that shimmers before our eyes with the rich and compelling detail for which Clark Blaise’s fiction is renowned. An Indo-American Canterbury Tales, The Meagre Tarmac explores the places where tradition, innovation, culture, and power meet with explosive force. It begins with Vivek Waldekar, who refused to attend his father’s funeral because he was “trying to please an American girl who thought starting a fire in his father’s body too gross a sacrilege to contemplate.” It ends with Pranab Dasgupta, the Rockefeller of India, who can only describe himself as “‘a very lonely, very rich, very guilty immigrant.’” And in between is a cluster of remarkable characters, incensed by the conflict between personal desire and responsibility, who exhaust themselves in pursuit of the miraculous. Fearless and ferociously intelligent, these stories are vintage Blaise, whose outsider’s view of the changing heart of America has always been ruthless and moving and tender.
 

Indian diaspora tales, North American literary craft.

This book will resonate with you if you're curious about the intricacies of the immigrant experience, particularly from the Indian subcontinent to North America. Clark Blaise's stories are crafted with an understanding of the diaspora's challenges and dreams, making "The Meagre Tarmac" a poignant reflection of cultural and personal identity struggles blended with sharp observations and storytelling prowess.

  • Scotiabank Giller Prize Nominee (2011)
  • Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Nominee (2011)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.