Montreal Review of Books: Spring 2009

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Twenty-eighth Issue
Volume 12, No. 2

features

Mafiaboy
By Nisa Malli

The Heart Specialist
By Aparna Sanyal

fiction

Anna's Shadow
Reviewed by Ami Sands Brodoff

Eva's Threepenny Theatre
Reviewed by Mary Soderstrom

I Is Another
Reviewed by Elizabeth Johnston

Intimate Dialogues
Reviewed by Kate Forrest

Kaspar
Reviewed by Claude Lalumière

Porny Stories
Reviewed by Adriana Palanca

Stripmalling
Reviewed by Kate Forrest

Two Trails Narrow
Reviewed by Kimberly Bourgeois

Zoo
Reviewed by Laura Roberts

fiction at a glance

Century
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

Getting Out Of New New Towne
Reviewed by Andrea Belcham

Marrying Hungary
Reviewed by Margaret Goldik

non-fiction

Amrosia: About A Culture
Reviewed by Dimitri Nasrallah

Butter Cream: A Year In A Montreal Pastry School
Reviewed by Joan Eyolfson Cadham

From Plato To Lumière: Narration And Monstration In Literature And Cinema
Reviewed by Ted Smith

Leadership In Disaster: Learning For A Future With Global Climate Change
Reviewed by Louise Fabiani

The Cello Suites: J.s. Bach, Pablo Casals, And The Search For A Baroque Masterpiece
Reviewed by Nancy Hausner Golberg

The Prodigal Tongue: Dispatches From The Future Of English
Reviewed by Elise Moser

The Rocket: A Cultural History Of Maurice Richard
Reviewed by Byron Rempel

non-fiction at a glance

The Heart Of The Farm: A History Of Barns And Fences In The Eastern Townships Of Quebec
Reviewed by Andrea Belcham

poetry

Paper Oranges
Reviewed by Bert Almon

The Pangborn Defence
Reviewed by Bert Almon

Unisex Love Poems
Reviewed by Bert Almon

Witness And Resist
Reviewed by Bert Almon

young readers

121 Express
Reviewed by Andrea Belcham

After
Reviewed by Andrea Belcham

Goldfish Don't Take Bubble Baths
Reviewed by Andrea Belcham

Missuk's Snow Geese
Reviewed by Andrea Belcham

Our Powerful Planet: The Curious Kid's Guide To Tornadoes, Earthquakes, And Other Phenomena
Reviewed by Andrea Belcham

The Day I Became A Canadian: A Citizenship Scrapbook
Reviewed by Andrea Belcham

The Emperor's Second Hand Clothes
Reviewed by Andrea Belcham

The Forgotten Secret
Reviewed by Andrea Belcham

When I Visit The Farm
Reviewed by Andrea Belcham

Claire Holden Rothman's Tale Of Nineteenth-century Montreal

By Aparna Sanyal

New Document The Heart Specialist, Claire Holden Rothman's first novel, is a book to curl up with on rainy evenings - preferab... READ MORE

Hacker Extraordinaire

By Nisa Malli

New Document Before internet was high speed and most computers were portable, a 15-year-old boy shut down CNN.ca, Yahoo!, E*TRADE,... READ MORE

New Document We wish to thank the Canada Council for the Arts, the Department of Canadian Heritage and SODEC for their generous support, without which this publication would not exist.

New Document The Montreal Review of Books is published three times a year by the Association of English-language Publishers of Quebec (AELAQ)

Margaret Goldik, Editor
Andrea Belcham, Associate Editor
David LeBlanc Designer
Michael Wile Advertising Manager
Mary Mony Copy Editor

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