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Edizel, Loren

4.06

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ISBN 10: 1894770730 ISBN 13: 9781894770736

Publisher: TSAR Publications, 2011

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John arrives in a Montreal airport with a suitcase in hand. We do not know where he is from, or who he is. He takes up work as a night-shift nurse and writes his reflections and impressions in a notebook that he carries with him at all times. By means of these personal entries, the novel allows us to explore his identity by following his daily movements and intimate thoughts, as well as his connections to those who come into contact with him. Based in a Montreal neighbourhood called Carr� St Louis, the story unfolds through non-linear narrative connections that flow across city blocks, continents and oceans, and meander in and out of the characters' minds, dealing with questions of displacement, identity, and meaning.

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About the Author:

Loren Edizel was born in Izmir, Turkey, and has lived in Canada most of her life. One of her novels, Izmir Hayaletleri (The Ghosts of Smyrna), was published in Turkey in 2008 by Senocak Yayinlari (trans. Roza Hakmen) and a short story "The Conch" appeared (Nov 2009) in Turkish translation as part of an anthology entitled Kadin �yk�lerinde Izmir (Izmir in Women's Stories). "The Imam's Daughter" was published in Montreal Serai. She has recently completed a collection of short stories under the working title "the confession." She currently lives in Toronto.

Review:

Praise for Loren Edizel's The Ghosts of Symrna: Loren Edizel does not shy from bringing forward an anti-war narrative. The novel . . . takes the scattering of one family and places it in a greater perspective thus enabling the reader to identify with the lives, dreams and sorrows of people from different cultures. Ghosts of Symrna successfully manages to pour the innumerable sorrows, loves and lives that were left behind from the Fire of Izmir into the pool of literature with an empathetic and impartial approach. It deserves to be read. - Cumhuriet (Turkey)

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