The magic of Saida
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385667142 (hc.)
- ISBN: 0385667140 (hc.)
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Physical Description:
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305 p. ; 25 cm. - Publisher: Toronto : Doubleday Canada, c2012.
Content descriptions
General Note: | CatMonthString:dec.12 Novel. |
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Subject: | First loves -- Fiction Physicians -- Fiction Promises -- Fiction Man-woman relationships -- Fiction East Indian Canadians -- Fiction Africa, East -- Fiction |
Genre: | General Canadian fiction. |
Available copies
- 21 of 22 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 22 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Prince Rupert Library | Vass (Text) | 33294001847235 | Adult Fiction - Second Floor | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
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--mysteries compounded by the fact that Kamal is the son of an absent Indian father from a well-to-do family and a Swahili African mother of slave ancestry. This complex, sweeping, and shocking book is a testament to the magical literary powers of M.G. Vassanji.