Nadia Bozak Reading
Acclaimed author Nadia Bozak will be reading from her novel El Ni帽辞 at the 糖心视频 English Department鈥檚 Visiting Authors Series on November 5th at 8 pm at the Suncor Centre (music building).
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Nadia Bozak is the author of the novels Orphan Love and El Ni帽辞 鈥 the first two parts of her Border Trilogy 鈥 and the short story collection Thirteen Shells, forthcoming 2016. Bozak鈥檚 stories have appeared in Walrus, Joyland, and Prairie Fire. In addition to being a novelist and short-story writer, Bozak teaches Creative Writing and Comparative Literature at Carleton University in Ottawa.
El Ni帽辞 tracks the survival of one woman and a young, undocumented migrant as they journey through the no-man鈥檚-land of a remote southwestern desert on the border of Mexico. Honey hasn鈥檛 seen her mother, Marianne, in more than two years. She drives deep into the once-prosperous border region of the Oro Desert for a surprise visit, only to discover that Marianne has vanished. Alone in an unforgiving environment populated with hostile locals, she meets Ch谩vez, a young 鈥渃oyote鈥 or human trafficker, who convinces Honey he knows her mother鈥檚 whereabouts and agrees to take her there 鈥 for a price.
Praise for El Ni帽辞
Now Magazine has said of Bozak鈥檚 novel: El Ni帽辞 has鈥 got a ton of suspense鈥ozak鈥檚 images of the desert are vivid, and her evocation of the life of the desperadoes is achingly effective.
The Globe and Mail has said: 鈥淲hen El Ni帽辞 comes together, both on the page and within the reader, the effect is both shocking and powerful, a testimony to Bozak鈥檚 skills and daring as a writer.鈥
Please join us in welcoming author Nadia Bozak!