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The magic of Saida / M.G. Vassanji.
- Title
- The magic of Saida / M.G. Vassanji.
- Author
- Vassanji, M. G.
- Publication
- [Toronto] : Doubleday Canada, c2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PR9199.3.V388 M33 2012 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 305 p.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- Two-time Giller Prize winner Vassanji returns to the rich and haunting world of his most acclaimed, prize-winning novels, the East African coast. The haunting story of Kamal, a successful Canadian doctor who, in middle age and after decades in North America, decides to return to his homeland of East Africa to find his childhood sweetheart, Saida. Kamal's journey is motivated by a combination of guilt, hope, and the desire to unravel the mysteries of his childhood.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Fiction
- Additional Formats (note)
- Issued also in electronic format.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Prologue -- 1. The boy the girl -- 2. ... Of the coming of the modern age -- 3. Golo -- 4. Saida.
- ISBN
- 9780385667142
- 0385667140
- LCCN
- ^^2012493398
- OCLC
- 793158393
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library