Sans Souci
And Other Stories
The breathtaking debut short story collection—first published in 1989—from one of Canada's most original and influential writers. Newly available in a special reissue edition from Knopf Canada.
“This is political art at its searing best.”—The Women's Review of Books
Since her the appearance of her novel In Another Place, Not Here, which was a New York Times Notable Book in 1998, award-winning author Dionne Brand has become one of the most revered figures in Canadian fiction. Sans Souci is Brand’s bold fiction debut, collecting eleven stories that breathe life and language into the lives of women in the Caribbean and the Black diaspora, often dealing with the process—and aftermath—of transit and arrival. Brand’s fiction dissects sexual violence, racial prejudice, and war, while…
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April 25, 2023
DIONNE BRAND is the award-winning author of twenty-three books of poetry, fiction and nonfiction. Her twelve books of poetry include Land to Light On; thirsty; Inventory; Ossuaries; The Blue Clerk: Ars Poetica in 59 Versos; and Nomenclature: New and Collected Poems. Her six works of fiction include At the Full and Change of the Moon; What We All Long For; Love Enough; and Theory. Her nonfiction work includes Bread Out of Stone and A Map to the Door of No Return: Notes to Belonging.
Brand is the recipient of numerous literary prizes, among them the Griffin Poetry Prize, the Toronto Book Award, the Trillium Book Prize, the OCM Bocas Prize, and the 2021 Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction. She is the Editorial Director…
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Dionne Brand
A Map to the Door of No Return
Dionne Brand
Sans Souci
Dionne Brand
Nomenclature: New and Collected Poems
Dionne Brand
What We All Long For / Love Enough
Dionne Brand
Bread Out of Stone
Dionne Brand
Theory
Dionne Brand
The Blue Clerk
Dionne Brand
Love Enough
Dionne Brand
What We All Long For
Dionne Brand
Ossuaries
Dionne Brand
The Journey Prize Stories 19
Selected by Caroline Adderson, David Bezmozgis, and Dionne Brand
Inventory
Dionne Brand