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Marc Koralnik |
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SONGS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
Reminiscent of Emily St. John Mandell's Station Eleven, the second novel from the Journey Prize, McAuslan First Book Prize and Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction-winning author Saleema Nawaz is a stunningly realized story of a handful of people who find themselves caught in an unfolding catastrophe proving to be the end of life as we know it
This is the story of a handful of people who find themselves caught in an unfolding catastrophe.
Elliot is a first responder in New York, a man running from the failures of his past and struggling to do the right thing, even as he worries his city will collapse under pressure from the epidemic. Emma is a pregnant singer whose growing apprehension about the future reaches a turning point as she prepares to headline a benefit concert for victims of the virus. Owen is the author of a bestselling novel about a plague with eerie similarities to the real-life pandemic; as fact and fiction begin to blur, he will have to decide whether his lifelong instinct for self-preservation has been worth the cost.
As the novel moves back and forth in time, we discover their connections to one another as well as to characters whose lives intersect with theirs in sometimes surprising ways. At a time when interpersonal contact could be fatal, they will be forced to question how much trust to put in each other and in the future. Connecting them all is the mystery of the so-called ARAMIS Girl, an Asian woman at the first infection site rumoured to be a superspreader, whose unknown identity causes an uproar that won't be contained to the internet.
Brilliantly told by an unforgettable chorus of voices, Saleema Nawaz's glittering novel is a moving meditation on what we owe to ourselves and, most importantly, to each other. It is a powerful reminder that even in the midst of disaster, coming together may be what saves us.
SALEEMA NAWAZ's fiction has appeared in literary journals such as Prairie Fire, PRISM International, Grain, The Dalhousie Review, and The New Quarterly. Her first collection of short fiction, Mother Superior, was published by Freehand Books in 2008 and was a finalist for the Quebec Writers' Federation's McAuslan First Book Prize. Her short story My Three Girls was the winner of the 2008 Writers' Trust of Canada / McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize. Her first novel, Bone and Bread, was published by House of Anansi in 2013 and became a national bestseller, won the Quebec Writers' Federation Hugh MacLennan Literary Award, and was a 2016 Canada Reads contender.
Elliot is a first responder in New York, a man running from the failures of his past and struggling to do the right thing, even as he worries his city will collapse under pressure from the epidemic. Emma is a pregnant singer whose growing apprehension about the future reaches a turning point as she prepares to headline a benefit concert for victims of the virus. Owen is the author of a bestselling novel about a plague with eerie similarities to the real-life pandemic; as fact and fiction begin to blur, he will have to decide whether his lifelong instinct for self-preservation has been worth the cost.
As the novel moves back and forth in time, we discover their connections to one another as well as to characters whose lives intersect with theirs in sometimes surprising ways. At a time when interpersonal contact could be fatal, they will be forced to question how much trust to put in each other and in the future. Connecting them all is the mystery of the so-called ARAMIS Girl, an Asian woman at the first infection site rumoured to be a superspreader, whose unknown identity causes an uproar that won't be contained to the internet.
Brilliantly told by an unforgettable chorus of voices, Saleema Nawaz's glittering novel is a moving meditation on what we owe to ourselves and, most importantly, to each other. It is a powerful reminder that even in the midst of disaster, coming together may be what saves us.
SALEEMA NAWAZ's fiction has appeared in literary journals such as Prairie Fire, PRISM International, Grain, The Dalhousie Review, and The New Quarterly. Her first collection of short fiction, Mother Superior, was published by Freehand Books in 2008 and was a finalist for the Quebec Writers' Federation's McAuslan First Book Prize. Her short story My Three Girls was the winner of the 2008 Writers' Trust of Canada / McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize. Her first novel, Bone and Bread, was published by House of Anansi in 2013 and became a national bestseller, won the Quebec Writers' Federation Hugh MacLennan Literary Award, and was a 2016 Canada Reads contender.
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Published 2020-08-01 by McClelland & Stewart |