Food For Thought: A Culinary Bookclub

Fri Jun 14 2024 at 01:30 pm to 03:30 pm

Edmonton Public Library - Stanley A. Milner Library (Downtown) | Edmonton Public Library

The Kitchen at EPL
Publisher/HostThe Kitchen at EPL
Food For Thought: A Culinary Bookclub
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This month, we will discuss Souvankham Thammavongsa's book, "How Do You Pronounce Knife", and make Summer Rolls and a dipping sauce.
About this Event

Named one of Time's Must-Read Books of 2020, these stories honour characters struggling to find their bearings far from home, even as they do the necessary "grunt work of the world."
A young man painting nails at the local salon. A woman plucking feathers at a chicken processing plant. A father who packs furniture to move into homes he'll never afford. A housewife learning English from daytime soap operas. In her stunning Giller Prize-winning debut book of fiction, Souvankham Thammavongsa focuses on characters struggling to make a living, illuminating their hopes, disappointments, love affairs, acts of defiance, and above all their pursuit of a place to make their own. In spare, intimate prose charged with emotional power and a sly wit, she paints an indelible portrait of watchful children, wounded men, and restless women caught between cultures, languages, and values. As one of Thammavongsa's characters says, "All we wanted was to live." And in these stories, they do—brightly, ferociously, unforgettably.
Tender, uncompromising, and fiercely alive, How to Pronounce Knife establishes Souvankham Thammavongsa as one of the most important voices of her generation. - Publisher


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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Edmonton Public Library - Stanley A. Milner Library (Downtown), 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton Public Library, Canada

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CAD 5.00

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