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Rootless but
Green Are the Boulevard Trees
Uma Parameswaran |
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DRAMA
ISBN: 9781894770354
Price: $16.95
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In
Winnipeg in the late seventies, an Indian immigrant family (the Bharves),
are on the brink of coming apart due to a clash of values and
ambitions. Sharad (the father), a former scientist, works as a real-estate agent; Savitri (the mother) is a teacher; Veejala
(the aunt) is a frustrated scientist at the university. Jyoti (the
daughter) has a white boyfriend and will probably move out. A
crisis occurs as Veejala announces that she is going back to India
and Jayant (the son) is packing to go off to Montreal. A phone
call comes during this tense situation.
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". . . a pioneering dramatic testament
of the Southeast Asian diaspora . . ."
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Canadian Literature ". . . an effective
examination of all the issues that immigrants face. It would be an
effective catalyst for discussion in today’s high schools which are full
of youth from every continent."
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Harriet Zaidman, CM: Canadian Review of Materials |
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Uma Parameswaran was
born in India and now lives in Canada. Her recent publications
include award-winning What Was Always Hers (short stories),
The
Forever Banyan Tree, The Sweet Smell of Mother’s Milk-Wet Bodice
(novella), Mangoes on the Maple Tree (novel), Sisters at the
Well (Poems), and Riding High with Krishna and a Baseball Bat &
Other Stories. Her latest novel is A Cycle of the Moon |
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Also by Uma Parameswaran
 A
Cycle of the Moon
Fiction / Novel
ISBN:
978-1-894770-62-0
$20.95, paper, 224 pages
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