Resident alien
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Bibliographic Information
Resident alien
(Penguin short fiction)
Penguin Books, 1986
- : pbk
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"A Penguin original"--Cover
Contents of Works
- The voice of unhousement
- South
- Identity
- North
- Translation
- Memories of unhousement
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"RESIDENT ALIEN" IS THE FIRST BLAISE BOOK TO BE ORIGINATED BY PENGUIN CANADA AND WE ARE PROUD TO WELCOME HIM. "RESIDENT ALIEN" IS AN INTERESTING EXPLORATION OF THE FINE LINE BETWEEN AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND FICTION - NONFICTION ESSAYS SURROUND STORIES THAT IMAGINATIVELY REWORK THE MATERIAL ALREADY PRESENTED. BLAISE ONCE AGAIN LOOKS AT THE SUBEJCT OF LONLINESS AND ALIENATION AND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES,AND HE RECONSTRUCTS THE SMALL EVENTS AND INFLUENCES ON A LIFE THAT COULD HAVE PRODUCED "AN EVENTUAL ARTIST (IF LUCKY) OR A FUNCTIONAL NEUROTIC."
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