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作者：BELTRAN, EMMA/ KUMSA, MARTHA/ SHENG, XUE/ SIMIC, GORDAN 出版社：J GORDON SHILLINGFORD PUB INC 出版日期：2010年04月08日 語言：英文 ISBN：9781897289471 裝訂：平裝 內容簡介TOPBASED ON THE LIVES AND WRITINGS OF FOUR MEMBERS OF PEN CANADA’S WRITERS-IN-EXILE PROGRAM, THE TAXI PROJECT PROVIDES A GLIMPSE INTO WHAT IT MEANS TO BE FORCED TO LEAVE YOUR HOMELAND TO START YOUR LIFE ANEW. AFTERS YEARS OF INCARCERATION BY THE RED TERROR IN ETHIOPIA, SEEYEE SEERA STRUGGLES TO BECOME A MOTHER TO HER CHILDREN AGAIN. ALEJANDRA PINEDA REMAINS HAUNTED BY MEMORIES OF TORTURE AT THE HANDS OF THE MEXICAN AUTHORITIES FOR HER ROLL IN A STUDENT UPRISING, XIAO HONG, AMONGST THE PROTESTERS AT THE TIANANMEN SQUARE UPRISING IN CHINA, CANNOT RETURN TO SEE HER DYING MOTHER. AND FINALLY, EXYOU PERIC---A BOSNIAN PHOTOJOURNALIST WHO DRIVES A TAXI, THE INTERIOR COVERED IN POLAROID PHOTOS OF HIS PASSENGERS. WE FOLLOW THE CHARACTERS ON THEIR JOURNEYS: ATTEMPTING TO BE HEARD BY A SOCIETY THAT DOESN’T SPEAK THEIR LANGUAGE, SEARCHING FOR EMPLOYMENT, SURVIVING THE LONELINESS OF A HARSH TORONTO WINTER, AND STRUGGLING TO FIND THE ENERGY NECESSARY TO KEEP ON WRITING. "THERE’S SO MUCH EMOTION CRAMMED INTO THE TAXI PROJECT---QUIET EMOTION, IT’S TRUE, BUT THE KIND THAT LINGERS LONG AFTER THE LIGHTS COME UP---THAT YOU’LL WALK OUT OF THE HOUR-LONG SHOW FEELING LIKE ONE OF THE STUFFED SUITCASES CARRIED BY THE FOUR CHARACTERS." NOW MAGAZINE |
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