Maharaj, Rabindranath
Description
Product Description Hilarious and poignant, Homer in Flight draws a brilliant picture of a chronic malcontent roving from high-rise to housing develop
...
ment along the 401 and the QEW. Homer remains utterly displaced, not because of what other people do or don't do, but because he lives in his imagination instead of embracing an imperfect but fairly benign reality. From the Inside Flap In this satirical and often humorous novel, Homerwad Santokie, long dissatisfied with his life in Trinidad, decides to emigrate to the land of promise — Canada. But leaving his homeland turns out to be not exactly what he had imagined. Homer in Flight follows him from a low-rent high-rise to a basement apartment in the suburbs, from a job in a Nutrapure juice factory to employment as a librarian. Although Homer eventually achieves a version of success — marriage, a good job and fatherhood — he veers from bravery to bravado, his grandiose dreams out of sync with his all-to-ordinary experiences. From the Back Cover In this satirical and often humorous novel, Homerwad Santokie, long dissatisfied with his life in Trinidad, decides to emigrate to the land of promise -- Canada. But leaving his homeland turns out to be not exactly what he had imagined. Homer in Flight follows him from a low-rent high-rise to a basement apartment in the suburbs, from a job in a Nutrapure juice factory to employment as a librarian. Although Homer eventually achieves a version of success -- marriage, a good job and fatherhood -- he veers from bravery to bravado, his grandiose dreams out of sync with his all-to-ordinary experiences. About the Author Rabindranath Maharaj, a Trinidadian teacher and journalist, wrote several of the stories in the Interloper during the year he spent in Fredericton. He now writes and teaches in Toronto.
Read more