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Title: |
The Light that Remains |
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| By (author): |
Lyse Champagne |
| ISBN10-13: |
1927855403 : 9781927855409 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
205x140mm |
| Pages: |
237 |
| Weight: |
.312 Kg. |
| Published: |
Enfield & Wizenty - April 2016 |
| List Price: |
12.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 6 |
| Subjects: |
Short stories |
| The despair of refugees has haunted us long before the civil war in Syria. Lyse Champagneâ s evocative new story collection attempts to put these collective and individual tragedies into an historical context.Two Armenian sisters write to each other in the year leading up to the deportations. A young Ukrainian mother embroiders her life story as famine threatens. A boy travels to Hong Kong by train while the Japanese march towards his hometown of Nanjing. A Jewish girl collects words and falls in love as she hides in a French mountain village in 1942. A Cambodian refugee recalls his childhood in his home country and his new life in Canada on a makeshift stage. A Rwandan family prepares to emigrate days before President Habyarimanaâ s plane is shot down.These stories span the twentieth century and reach into the twenty-first. We discover letters, maps, and the kindness of strangers. Word lists, a falling piano, and young love. Hiding places, history lessons, and conversations around the table. Music, a makeshift stage, and life breathed into memories. |
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