{"product_id":"nowhere-exactly-on-identity-and-belonging-hardcover","title":"Nowhere, Exactly: On Identity and Belonging - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eM. G. Vassanji\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom one of Canada's most celebrated writers, two-time Giller Prize winner M.G. Vassanji, comes a thoughtful meditation on what it means to belong in the world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHome is never a single place, entirely and unequivocally. It is contingent. The abstract \"nowhere,\" then, is the true home.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eM.G. Vassanji has been exploring the immigrant experience for over three decades, drawing deeply on his own transnational upbringing and intimate understanding of the unique challenges and perspectives born from leaving one's home to resettle in a new land. The question of identity, of how to configure and see oneself within this new land, is one such challenge faced. But Vassanji suggests that a more fundamental and slippery endeavour than establishing one's identity is how, if ever, we can establish a sense of belonging. Can we ever truly belong in this new home? Did we ever truly belong in the home we left? Where exactly do we belong? For many, the answer is nowhere exactly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCombining brilliant prose, thoughtful, candid observation, and a lifetime of exploring how we as individuals are shaped by the places and communities in which we live and the history that haunts them, \u003ci\u003eNowhere, Exactly\u003c\/i\u003e examines with exquisite sensitivity the space between identity and belonging, the immigrant experience of both loss and gain, and the weight of memory and nostalgia, guilt and hope felt by so many of those who leave their homes in search of new ones.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eM.G. VASSANJI won the Giller Prize for \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Secrets\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe In-Between World of Vikram Lall\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Governor General's Literary Award for Non-Fiction for \u003ci\u003eA Place Within: Rediscovering India\u003c\/i\u003e. His novel \u003ci\u003eThe Assassin's Song\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction. His novel \u003ci\u003eNostalgia\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist in Canada Reads 2017. His forthcoming novel, \u003ci\u003eEverything There Is\u003c\/i\u003e, will publish in Fall 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 26, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51763914604832,"sku":"9780385696562","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/623627c44950659eaa51048bf283984b.webp?v=1780242205","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/nowhere-exactly-on-identity-and-belonging-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}