{"product_id":"a-quiet-disappearance-paperback-1","title":"A Quiet Disappearance - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRabindranath Maharaj\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeautifully crafted stories in which older men and women from the Caribbean islands confront their pasts, with regrets and wonder as they discover subtle epiphanies. The stories consider the briefness of life, not only its final outcome but the losses accumulated over the years. Many of the stories focus on characters who are at a critical stage, approaching the end of their lives, or contemplating the passing of others with whom they shared a relationship. The fact that the characters are immigrants, complicates their feelings of forfeiture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRabindranath Maharaj is an award-winning author of several novels, among them \u003ci\u003eThe Amazing Absorbing Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Trillium Book Award and the Toronto Book Award; \u003ci\u003eA Perfect Pledge\u003c\/i\u003e, a Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize finalist; and \u003ci\u003eHomer in Flight\u003c\/i\u003e, a Chapters\/Books in Canada First Novel Award finalist.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaharaj immigrated to Canada from Trinidad in the 1990s, and settled in Ajax, Ontario, where he taught high school and co-founded a literary magazine, \u003ci\u003eLICHEN\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been a writer-in-residence at the Toronto Reference Library, the University of the West Indies, and the University of New Brunswick. Apart from his novels and collections of short stories, he has published in various literary journals and anthologies; written reviews and articles for \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post, The Globe and Mail, The Toronto Star\u003c\/i\u003e, and others; written the radio series \"Malcolm and Alvin\" for CBC Radio; and co-written a screenplay for the film Malini.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.2 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 08, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47264862044409,"sku":"9781774151839","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Yi6cBQaPNY9781774151839_1110d9a5-e615-49dc-8fe3-f2ccfe1e543a.webp?v=1768833401","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-quiet-disappearance-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}