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Blackbodying

Dimitri Nasrallah

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Description:Blackbodying recounts the first-hand exile stories of two Lebanese citizens and their routes to Canada. Both have been forced to leave their homeland as a result of civil war, but only the first is afforded the opportunities the second so badly wants. His exile, at a very young age, has afforded him an international childhood, an American education, cultural affluence, and the ability to assimilate into almost any society he enters. The second, a destitute, beyond-his-prime optimist named Sameer Gerdak, is afforded nothing of the kind. To think that an Arab foreigner without North American credentials can penetrate this prosperous Canadian reality is a well-worn fiction. So Sameer Gerdak believes. The two protagonistsi paths intersect only slightly, but the result of their meeting is at once profound and chilling.Blackbodying speaks to the most personal ramifications of civil war, telling the stories of those who canit shake the idea that something better must exist. Surrounded by bed-wetters, child actors, bisexual dads, dead horses, independent film-makers, prostitutes, taxi drivers, and one of the most indelible and lecherous villains in recent memory, John Spier, a low-level pimp with no hands, Sameer Gerdak and his youthful, anonymous counterpart weave a portrait of humanity that simultaneously attests to our best and worst intentions.Critical CommentiThe immigrant experience is one of the central themes - some might say the central theme - in contemporary fiction. Finding a fresh perspective on it, and a style to match, is no simple matter. Blackbodying, the debut novel by Lebanese Montrealer Dimitri Nasrallah, manages exactly that, among other things. The experience of immigration has been captured uncannily. On this evidence, there's little limit to where Nasrallah might go.i- Montreal Review of Books, Spring 2005iBlackbodying unfolds conventionally, but with a vivid, highly evocative focus on visual and sensory detail that borders on the obsessive, echoing W.G. Sebaldis masterpiece of memory and minutiae, Austerlitz.inThe Globe and Mail, 2005iThe finest anti-Canadianization novel I have read. Blackbodying reflects the terror of our times, in writing and in reality. A work of remarkable scope, interweaving themes of emotional and geographic exile, as well as tackling political and cultural issues in a sophisticated and unpredictable way. Yet Blackbodying is much more than a clever manipulation of narrativity and authorial wit: it is chiefly memorable for the power and range of its varied representations of contemporary reality.inQWF Jury Comments, 2005iNasrallah's narrative style o clinical and precise o perfectly reflects his protagonistis detachment from the flesh-and-blood stories about him. Nothing is absolute in Blackbodying, its narrators cannot be trusted and its conclusion is far from a satisfying inevitability o yet still it eworksi remarkably well. inPopmatters, 2005iNasrallah takes the reader on a journey deep into the minds and feelings of these characters. Through present events and flashbacks, he reveals how they subconsciously attempt to connect with their past, building illusions that later lead to their collapse.in Montreal Gazette, 2005iBeirut-born Dimitri Nasrallah cooresponds to everyoneis idea of what makes a enewi writer. inVia Destinations, 2005iThe gaps between experience and memory are powerfully explored.... inConcordia University Magazine, June 2005We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Blackbodying. To get started finding Blackbodying, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Blackbodying recounts the first-hand exile stories of two Lebanese citizens and their routes to Canada. Both have been forced to leave their homeland as a result of civil war, but only the first is afforded the opportunities the second so badly wants. His exile, at a very young age, has afforded him an international childhood, an American education, cultural affluence, and the ability to assimilate into almost any society he enters. The second, a destitute, beyond-his-prime optimist named Sameer Gerdak, is afforded nothing of the kind. To think that an Arab foreigner without North American credentials can penetrate this prosperous Canadian reality is a well-worn fiction. So Sameer Gerdak believes. The two protagonistsi paths intersect only slightly, but the result of their meeting is at once profound and chilling.Blackbodying speaks to the most personal ramifications of civil war, telling the stories of those who canit shake the idea that something better must exist. Surrounded by bed-wetters, child actors, bisexual dads, dead horses, independent film-makers, prostitutes, taxi drivers, and one of the most indelible and lecherous villains in recent memory, John Spier, a low-level pimp with no hands, Sameer Gerdak and his youthful, anonymous counterpart weave a portrait of humanity that simultaneously attests to our best and worst intentions.Critical CommentiThe immigrant experience is one of the central themes - some might say the central theme - in contemporary fiction. Finding a fresh perspective on it, and a style to match, is no simple matter. Blackbodying, the debut novel by Lebanese Montrealer Dimitri Nasrallah, manages exactly that, among other things. The experience of immigration has been captured uncannily. On this evidence, there's little limit to where Nasrallah might go.i- Montreal Review of Books, Spring 2005iBlackbodying unfolds conventionally, but with a vivid, highly evocative focus on visual and sensory detail that borders on the obsessive, echoing W.G. Sebaldis masterpiece of memory and minutiae, Austerlitz.inThe Globe and Mail, 2005iThe finest anti-Canadianization novel I have read. Blackbodying reflects the terror of our times, in writing and in reality. A work of remarkable scope, interweaving themes of emotional and geographic exile, as well as tackling political and cultural issues in a sophisticated and unpredictable way. Yet Blackbodying is much more than a clever manipulation of narrativity and authorial wit: it is chiefly memorable for the power and range of its varied representations of contemporary reality.inQWF Jury Comments, 2005iNasrallah's narrative style o clinical and precise o perfectly reflects his protagonistis detachment from the flesh-and-blood stories about him. Nothing is absolute in Blackbodying, its narrators cannot be trusted and its conclusion is far from a satisfying inevitability o yet still it eworksi remarkably well. inPopmatters, 2005iNasrallah takes the reader on a journey deep into the minds and feelings of these characters. Through present events and flashbacks, he reveals how they subconsciously attempt to connect with their past, building illusions that later lead to their collapse.in Montreal Gazette, 2005iBeirut-born Dimitri Nasrallah cooresponds to everyoneis idea of what makes a enewi writer. inVia Destinations, 2005iThe gaps between experience and memory are powerfully explored.... inConcordia University Magazine, June 2005We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Blackbodying. To get started finding Blackbodying, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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