About this Event
Véhicule Press and Librairie Saint-Henri Books invite you to the launch of Valérie Bah's Subterrane. Hosted by Esplanade Books editor Dimitri Nasrallah, the event will feature Valérie reading from the novel, as well as conversation with special guests Leïka Narcisse and Esi Callender. Refreshments will be served.
About the book:
New Stockholm, a metropolis like any other across North America, is unofficially divided between two worlds. Its upwardly mobile form the centre of its gleaming eye, but their prosperity and affluence are not the focus of Zeynab’s government-funded abstract documentary. Her lens trails to the city’s margins instead, in polluted industrial wastelands such as Cipher Falls, one of New Stockholm’s last affordable neighbourhoods, where creatives and other anti-capitalist voices increasingly find themselves pushed into demeaning, dead-end jobs. In this growing underground network, Zeynab’s lens focuses on the mysterious demise of Doudou Laguerre, whose death may be related to his activism against a construction project.
Subterrane connects us to a constellation of voices, the hair braiders, tattoo artists, holistic healers, W**d dealers, and sidewalk horticulturists struggling to make a life in New Stockholm. Together, they illustrate how in cities across the continent, entire communities are being sidelined in the name of prosperity.
About the author:
Valerie Bah is a multidisciplinary Québécois artist, filmmaker, documentarian, photographer, and writer. Bah’s first collection, The Rage Letters, was translated from the French by Kama La Mackerel and published by Metonymy Press. Subterrane is their first book in English.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Librairie Saint-Henri Books, 4622 Rue Notre-Dame Ouest, Montréal, Canada
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