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Denison Avenue

Bringing together ink artwork and fiction, Denison Avenue by Daniel Innes (illustrations) and Christina Wong (text) follows the elderly Wong Cho Sum, who, living in Toronto's gentrifying Chinatown--Kensington Market, begins to collect bottles and cans after the sudden loss of her husband as a way to fill her days and keep grief and loneliness at bay. In her long walks around the city, Cho Sum meets new friends, confronts classism and racism, and learns how to build a life as a widow in a neighborhood that is being destroyed and rebuilt, leaving elders like her behind. A poignant meditation on loss, aging, gentrification, and the barriers that Chinese Canadian seniors experience in big cities, Denison Avenue beautifully combines visual art, fiction, and the endangered Toisan dialect to create a book that is truly unforgettable.

Book  - 2023
FIC Wong
1 copy / 2 on hold

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Location
Victoria Checked out
  • ISBN: 9781770417151
  • Physical Description print
    232 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher Toronto, Ontario : ECW Press, 2023.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Canada Reads 2024 shortlist.
Artwork and text issued separately, back-to-back and inverted.

Additional Information

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