The Beautiful West & The Beloved of God

by Michael Springate

Overview

Elena and Mahfouz meet in Montreal in the spring of 2008. That summer, however, Mahfouz doesn't return from a trip to Cairo, and his father is picked up and held indefinitely for unknown charges on undisclosed evidence. No longer in contact with each other, Elena and Mahfouz must separately come to terms with their historical situation, preparing for a future shaped by forces they struggle to understand.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781550718591
Publisher:	Guernica Editions Inc
Publication date:	07/01/2014
Series:	Essential Prose Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	136
File size:	919 KB

About the Author

After extensive work in contemporary performance, Michael Springate’s interests have crystallized intoThe Beautiful West&The Beloved of God, a first novel that maps currents of world history as they coursed through Montreal during the first decade of the 21st century. Born in Montreal and currently a resident of Vancouver, his previous publications include Historical Bliss, Dog and Crow (published by Guernica), The Consolation of Philosophy, The Geese Sonnets, Freeport, Texas, and Küt: Shock and Awe. He is Artist Associate with Vancouver’s Full Circle: First Nations Performance and a founder of Commercial Drive Productions.

Editorial Reviews

"The best and bravest book I've read in years. The Beautiful West & The Beloved of God is on par with the moral voices of Dostoyevsky and Solzhenitsyn." — Charles Orloski, poet

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