Over the course of a career now spanning seven novels (two of which were awarded the Giller Prize), two collections of short fiction and two non-fiction books (one of which won the Governor-General’s Award), Tanzania-raised, Toronto-based M.G. Vassanji seems to have adopted a line from William Faulkner as a guiding principle. For Vassanji, “the past is never dead. It’s not even past.”
Or, as Vassanji himself writes early in his new novel, “The past is a dangerous business, warned Akilimali; it is best to keep it buried.”
Wise advice, but seemingly impossible for the writer to heed.
- The past is ever-present in M.G. Vassanji’s latest novel – The Globe and Mail.
- BOOKS: M.G. Vassanji: Seeking identity while dodging pigeonholes – The Globe and Mail
- M.G. Vassanji’s novel weaves history with plot in African tale of awakening – The Vancouver Sun
- Open Book: The Magic of Saida, by M.G. Vassanji – National Post
- Book Review: A story of roots and rootlessness and Africa and Africans – Ottawa Citizen
Ismailimail 
I would love to read this book.
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