Cereus Blooms at Night - by Shani Mootoo (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>After a judge finds her unfit to stand trial, Mala, a reclusive old woman suspected of murder, is placed in the tender care of a male nurse, who becomes her unlikely confidante and the chronicler of her extraordinary life.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Shani Mootoo's haunting debut took the international literary world by storm. A Book Sense selection and a finalist for the Giller Prize, the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award, and the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, <i>Cereus Blooms at Night</i> is an exquisite cross-generational history filled with thrilling passion and alluring mystery. Set in the fictional Caribbean town of Paradise, <i>Cereus Blooms at Night</i> unveils the mystery surrounding Mala Ramchandin, an aging, notoriously crazy woman suspected of murdering her father. When a judge finds Mala unfit to stand trial, she is delivered, frail and mute, to the Paradise Alms House and into the care of Tyler, a vivacious male nurse, who becomes the unlikely storyteller of Mala's extraordinary life. In luminous, sensual prose, Mootoo explores identity, gender, and violence in a celebration of our capacity to love despite cruelty and despair.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"An impressive first novel . . . Mootoo has an impeccable ear and gives Tyler, the novel's narrator, a mellifluous voice . . . the plea for tolerance that lies at the heart of this novel is both authentic and powerful."-- "The New York Times Book Review"The sinuous unwinding of Mootoo's clever plot will remind many readers of Arundhati Roy's "The God of Small Things, which this novel resembles also in its plentitude of exotic detail, magical-realist interludes, and captivating language."-- "Kirkus Reviews (*Starred Review*)"The fecund and fertile cycles of Caribbean life pervade this powerful first novel from Mootoo, who invokes all the senses . . . to portray the town of Paradise on the fictional island of Lantanacamara."-- "Publishers Weekly (*Starred Review*)""Cereus Blooms at Night is a gem, a wonderful flower of a first novel; Shani Mootoo can be counted as one of our most gifted writers."-- "Vancouver Sun"Strong, sad and sensual . . . "Cereus Blooms at Night is wrought as deftly as a piece of lacework . . . A confident and lively first novel."-- "Los Angeles Times"Fans of magical realism will revel in the superb narrative power of Shani Mootoo's debut novel . . . Mootoo is a masterful storyteller who has woven a fascinating narrative propelled by vividly drawn characters who are both achingly human and passionately bizarre."-- "The Washington Post"A story of magical power."-- Alice Munro<br>
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