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Ravenscrag

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The writer Alain Farah is living in two time periods, and he feels out of place in both. At the opening of his story, we find ourselves at McGill in 1962 and 2012. But the real problem lies elsewhere: on campus, a psychiatrist is conducting dangerous and unethical experiments on his patients. The writer's uncle, Nab Safi, knows something about it, but soon he won't be around to tell his story.

And so begins an investigation in which time, place, memory, and people collide. A mother in the Lebanese ghetto bets her son in a game of dice to settle her debts. Dinosaurs are resurrected. An odd gun will be used to determine the outcome for those who truly believe. A torn old photo and a gothic swimming pool lead to the disturbing depths of Ravenscrag, a mournful manor with 36 chambers...

Ravenscrag is an intriguing and truly original blend of retro science fiction and autobiography. It's about resilience, literature as remedy, and ultimately, it's a novel about survival through storytelling.


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Publisher: House of Anansi Press Inc

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  • ISBN: 9781770898967
  • Release date: January 24, 2015

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  • ISBN: 9781770898967
  • File size: 6419 KB
  • Release date: January 24, 2015

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subjects

Fiction Literature

Languages

English

The writer Alain Farah is living in two time periods, and he feels out of place in both. At the opening of his story, we find ourselves at McGill in 1962 and 2012. But the real problem lies elsewhere: on campus, a psychiatrist is conducting dangerous and unethical experiments on his patients. The writer's uncle, Nab Safi, knows something about it, but soon he won't be around to tell his story.

And so begins an investigation in which time, place, memory, and people collide. A mother in the Lebanese ghetto bets her son in a game of dice to settle her debts. Dinosaurs are resurrected. An odd gun will be used to determine the outcome for those who truly believe. A torn old photo and a gothic swimming pool lead to the disturbing depths of Ravenscrag, a mournful manor with 36 chambers...

Ravenscrag is an intriguing and truly original blend of retro science fiction and autobiography. It's about resilience, literature as remedy, and ultimately, it's a novel about survival through storytelling.


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