5/29/2023 0 Comments Chariandy![]() ![]() ![]() When Aisha contacts him, telling him about her father’s death, he issues an uncharacteristic invitation triggering memories of the years leading up to Francis’ death. Michael has cared for his mother since the death of his older brother Francis, shutting himself off from the friends he and Francis once shared. Fingers crossed there’ll be more given the excellence of both the Vermette and Chariandy’s eloquent exploration of grief and loss set against a backdrop of urban immigrant poverty. ![]() The first was Katherena Vermette’s The Break, which lived up to the Margaret Atwood plaudit adorning its cover. David Chariandy’s Brother is the second novel I’ve reviewed this year that I first spotted on Naomi’s Consumed by Ink, hoping that it would buck the British publishing trend of ignoring Canadian gems. ![]()
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