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Dahanu Road: A Novel
by Irani, Anosh
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine, Not Price Clipped
- ISBN 10
- 0385666993
- ISBN 13
- 9780385666992
- Seller
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Toronto, Ont: Doubleday Canada, 2010. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Canadian First. First edition, first printing as evidenced by a complete number line from 1 to10; inscribed on the dedication page by Anosh Irani: "Dear __, Best Wishes, Anosh"; a solid, clean, unread copy in collectible condition; dust jacket is protected by a Brodart sleeve..
Synopsis
Anosh Irani was born and raised in Bombay, India. He moved to Vancouver in 1998, and received his Masters in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia in 2004. First published in 2004, The Cripple and His Talismans was Irani’s first novel, earning him critical acclaim and a spot on Quill & Quire ’s “writers to watch” list. The novel has also been published in the United States, Germany and China. Irani’s second novel, The Song of Kahunsha , was published in 2006. It is a tale of children in Bombay struggling for survival amidst the violence of the 1993 racial riots. It became a Canadian and Italian bestseller, and was a 2007 CBC Radio “Canada Reads” selection. Dahanu Road , Irani’s most recent novel, is an epic love story about three generations of the Irani clan: Zoroastrians who fled from persecution in Iran to Bombay. Irani is also an award-winning playwright. His first full-length play, The Matka King , premiered in Vancouver in 2003. His 2006 play Bombay Black won four Dora Mavor Moore Awards including Outstanding New Play. He was a 2007 Governor General’s Award nominee for Drama for The Bombay Plays . His most recent play is My Granny the Goldfish . Irani divides his time between Bombay and Vancouver. Of the setting of this novel, Irani writes: “Dahanu is the place of my childhood, and I truly love the town and its people. But plot always comes from the internal desires of the characters. What happens in a story is the result of what characters want , and these characters are fictitious. So reading the novel, people might ask, ‘Did this really happen?’ That question is natural. But one must remember, fiction is about possibility. Through story and history, a novelist digs for truth. I took the history of the Zoroastrians and the Warlis, and this novel is what I found.”
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Details
- Bookseller
- Hourglass Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003381
- Title
- Dahanu Road: A Novel
- Author
- Irani, Anosh
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine, Not Price Clipped
- Edition
- Canadian First
- ISBN 10
- 0385666993
- ISBN 13
- 9780385666992
- Publisher
- Doubleday Canada
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- Canadian Fiction
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