Carnival (Novel)
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| Author | Rawi Hage |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Literary Fiction, Mystery Novel, Crime Fiction |
| Publisher | House of Anansi Press Inc |
Publication date | 2012 |
| Pages | 304 |
Carnival is the third novel written by internationally acclaimed Lebanese-Canadian author Rawi Hage. The novel was published by House of Anansi[1] in 2012. In 2012 it won the Quebec Writers' Federation Hugh MacLennan Prize for fiction.[2]
Plot
Fly is a taxi driver in Carnival City—a metropolis overrun with crime and wild characters—and the son of a high-flying trapeze artist and a flying-carpet rider. As his name suggests, the roving driver observes the colourful city like a fly on the wall within the confines of his taxi as he picks up and drops off an array of circus-like folk: magicians, madmen, revolutionaries, and prostitutes. With Carnival, Hage offers a chaotic and imaginative world allegorical to the real world.
Publication
Carnival was published in Toronto by House of Anansi in 2012, then in 2013 by Hamish Hamilton and W.W. Norton[3]. Current translations of the novel include: Arabic, Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, French, German, Romanian, and Turkish.
Awards
- Winner, 2013 Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction
- Shortlist, 2012 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
- Commended, Amazon.ca Best Books: Editors' Picks, 2012
- Commended, Amazon.ca Best Books: Top 10 Fiction, 2012
- Commended, Amazon.ca Best Books: Top 10 Canadian Fiction, 2012
- Commended, Globe and Mail Top 100 Book, 2012
Reception
- "Carnival is a rich and compelling read, a testament to a daring and talented novelist." - National Post[4]
- "The protagonist of this dreamlike tale is a voracious reader by day and a taxi driver by night. The reader wants to buckle up and join him for the ride." - New Yorker[5]
- "Rawi Hage is, quite simply, a brilliant writer…Carnival confirms Hage’s status as a star in the literary firmament." - Toronto Star[6]
- "The things that make Rawi Hage a major literary talent include freshness, gut-wrenching lyricism, boldness, emotional restraint, intellectual depth, historical sense, political subversiveness and uncompromising compassion." - Globe and Mail[7]
References
- ↑ https://houseofanansi.com/products/carnival
- ↑ http://quebecbooks.qwf.org/books/view/1365
- ↑ https://wwnorton.com/books/9780393072426/about-the-book/reviews
- ↑ https://nationalpost.com/sports/basketball/nba/book-review-carnival-by-rawi-hage
- ↑ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/09/09/1536161
- ↑ https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2012/09/29/rawi_hages_carnival_review.html
- ↑ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/book-reviews/rawi-hages-carnival-a-display-of-literary-derring-do/article4574288/
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