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c2010., Adult, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: Fic Hei Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "This novel is inspired by an incident that happened in 2006 on the border between Nepal and Chinese-occupied Tibet. A group of mountain climbers saw Chinese border guards pursing and killing Tibetans fleeing from Nepal. The climbers allegedly debated whether to report the attack or to continue with their expedition. Author Steven Heighton uses this incident as a starting point for a novel of suspense about loyalty, human failings, and what love requires. From the one of Canada's finest writers, author of AFTERLANDS, comes a fantastic adventure with strong female characters."--Publisher.
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2017., Penguin Random House Canada Call No: Fic Hei Edition: ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Elias Trifannis is desperate to belong somewhere. To make his dying ex-cop father happy, he joins the militarybut in Afghanistan, by the time he realizes his last-minute bid for connection was a terrible mistake, itœs too late and a tragedy has occurred. In the aftermath, exhausted by nightmares, Elias is sent to Cyprus to recover, where he attempts to find comfort in the arms of Eylül, a beautiful Turkish journalist. But the loversœ reprieve ends in a moment of shocking brutality that drives Elias into Varosha, once a popular Greek-Cypriot resort town, abandoned since the Turkish invasion of 1974. Hidden in the lush, overgrown ruins is a community of exiles and refugees living resourcefully but comfortably. Thanks to the cheerfully corrupt Colonel Kaya, who turns a blind eye, they live under the radar of the Turkish authorities. As he begins to heal, Elias finds himself drawn to the enigmatic and secretive Kaiti while he learns at last to simply belong.· But just when it seems he has found sanctuary, events he himself set in motion have already begun to endanger it.
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2016., House of Anansi Press Call No: Fic Hei Edition: ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Governor Generalœs Literary Award finalist and bestselling author Steven Heighton returns with a collection of laments and celebrations that reflect on our struggle to believe in the future of a world that continues to disappoint us. The poet challenges the boundaries of sleep and even death in these meditations on what lies just beneath the surface of contemporary life. These are poems that trouble over the idea of failure even as they continually recommit to the present moment. This is fierce music performed in a minor key.
