Nostalgia By M.G. Vassanji

Nostalgia By M.G. Vassanji Hardcover 0385667167 9780385667166 Literature Fiction Nostalgia From one of Canadas most celebrated writers, two time Giller Prize winner Moyez Vassanji, comes a taut, ingenuous and dynamic novel about a future where eternal life is possible, and identities can be chosen.In the indeterminate future in an unnamed western city, physical impediments to immortality have been overcome. As society approaches the prospect of eternal life, a new problem must be confronted: with the threat of the brains storage capacity being overwhelmed, people want to move forward into the future free from redundant, unwanted and interfering memories. Rejuvenated bodies require rejuvenated identities all traces of a persons past are erased and new, complete fictions are implanted in their stead. On occasion, though, cracks emerge, and reminders of discarded lives seep through. Those afflicted suffer from Leaked Memory Syndrome, or Nostalgia, whereby thoughts from a previous existence burrow in the conscious mind threatening to pull sufferers into an internal abyss. Doctor Frank Sina specializes in sealing these memory leaks. He is satisfied in his profession, or less secure in the life he shares with his much younger lover, content with his own fiction a happy childhood in the Yukon, an adulthood marked by the influence of a mathematician father and poet mother. But one day, Presley Smith arrives in Franks office. Persistent thoughts are torturing Presley, recurring images of another time and place. As he tries to save Presley from the onslaught of memory, Frank finds clues that suggest Presleys past may be located in war torn, nuclear ravaged Maskinia, a territory located in the southern hemisphere, isolated from the north by fiercely guarded borders and policy barriers. Franks suspicions are only intensified when the Department of Internal Security takes an interest in Presley. They describe him as one of their own, meaning his new life was one they created for him, and they want him back. Who was Presley before the Department remade him, what secrets are buried in the memories that are encroaching upon him? As Frank tries to save Presley from both internal and external threats, cracks emerge in his own fiction, and the thoughts that sneak through suggest a connection with the mysterious Presley that goes well beyond a doctor and his patient.

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The memory can develop holes and flaws and some of the previous life memories can come out which may may not mess with an individuals brain This leaked memory is referred to as Nostalgia The concept is quite a novel one and the author has made complete justice in unravelling it for the readers. Nostalgia publications york The PlotThe book has multiple plots and agenda s running in the background that one may gradually notice The main plot or rather mystery circles around Presley Smith and unfortunately it becomes quite obvious after spending some time in the book. Nostalgiacore Vassanji heavily focuses on a warn torn country Maskinia which is in a constant state of conflict with the neighbouring countries Holly Chu.

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Given that this book has been short listed for CBC Canada Reads 2017 Yikes M. Nostalgia is fun G Vassanji This is one of those books you read when you re looking for something to challenge your brain a little bit and give you a break from story driven novels Something that as it progresses tends to wax philosophical while losing all semblance of following a three act structure and being character driven Something that makes you feel a little smarter for a moment before making you wish there was something a little bit deeper there. Literature Fiction nostalgia definition I wanted to read this book because 1 sci fi 2 Canadian author3 there s a lion on the cover Evidently the lion is a metaphor.

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Moyez G Vassanji was born in Kenya and raised in Tanzania Before coming to Canada in 1978 he attended MIT and the University of Pennsylvania where he specialized in theoretical nuclear physics From 1978 1980 he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Atomic Energy of Canada and from 1980 to 1989 he was a research associate at the University of Toronto During this period he developed a keen interest in medieval Indian literature and history co founded and edited a literary magazine The Toronto South Asian Review later renamed The Toronto Review of Contemporary Writing Abroad and began writing stories and a novel In 1989 with the publication of his first novel The Gunny Sack he was invited to spend a season at the International Writi Moyez G Vassanji was born in Kenya and raised in Tanzania Before coming to Canada in 1978 he attended MIT and the University of Pennsylvania where he specialized in theoretical nuclear physics From 1978 1980 he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Atomic Energy of Canada and from 1980 to 1989 he was a research associate at the University of Toronto During this period he developed a keen interest in medieval Indian literature and history co founded and edited a literary magazine The Toronto South Asian Review later renamed The Toronto Review of Contemporary Writing Abroad and began writing stories and a novel In 1989 with the publication of his first novel The Gunny Sack he was invited to spend a season at the International Writing Program of the University of Iowa That year ended his active career in nuclear physics His contributions there he considers modest in algebraic models and high spin states The fact that he was never tenured he considers a blessing for it freed him to pursue his literary career. Nostalgia games Vassanji is the author of six novels and two collections of short stories His work has appeared in various countries and several languages His most recent novel The Assassin s Song was short listed for both the Giller Prize and the Governor General s Prize for best novel in Canada It has appeared in the US Knopf and India Penguin and is scheduled to appear in the UK Canongate. Nostalgia killer Awards Giller Prize twice Harbourfront Festival Prize Commonwealth First Book Prize Africa Bressani Prize Order of Canada site_link Nostalgia is a thriller that is set in a futuristic world where people don t dieThey just change identities In this world wherein the affluent can move ahead by erasing their identities and get new fiction in them Dr Frank Sina is a Doctor that specialises in treating people with Leaked Memory Syndrome. Short Stories nostalgia zone G Vassanji s idea of rejuvenation is quite a nice and unique one which he has conveyed through Nostalgia In his futuristic Toronto when someone wishes to die or is fed up with his current life they can opt to get themselves rejuvenated by allowing doctors to flush their memory and adding new fiction to them Vassanji has aptly described this as Old wine in a new bottle. Nostalgia microwave However the way a body ages and cracks gradually over a period of time not in Vassanji s world the real world a journalist happens to get kidnapped and supposedly killed in Maskinia which forms a sub plot within the book that goes on at a parallel pace with Presley s plot. Nostalgia killer The author cleverly talks about life after death concepts of karma Moksha Gods unequal distribution of wealth and repercussions of industrialisation in developed nations on under developed nations Majorly the novel talks about discrimination between rich and poor developed and under developed nations and young and elderly people. Nostalgia killer CharactersNostalgia has quite a handful of characters moving around however no character is capable of making a lasting impression on the reader Dr Frank Sina Presley Smith and Holly Chu take up the major chunk of the book There s a minor spiritual character as well which is smartly added in form of Radha which I enjoyed reading Indian influence M. PDF nostalgia ultra G Vassanji s love for India is quite evident in the book right from the start He mentions Indian cities cultures traditions Demi gods and a couple of personalities in the book The mention of Salman Khan in the book cracked me up honestly Some characters in the book are also of Indian origin It s a fast paced book with a unique concept however I wish it ended as strongly as it had started M. Nostalgia juego G Vassanji Set in the future Nostalgia was creative but the writing just didn t work for me And I couldn t forgive these mistakes Dr Sina was born in Yellowknife Yukon Canada pg 28 Whaaaat Every night summer or winter with rare exceptions he would go up to the attic where he housed his 20 inch telescope and from a specially constructed window watch the same region of sky pg 53 54 Seriously Good luck with looking for stars in a northern Canadian summer sky These errors are absolutely shocking the sci fi is like speculative fiction and yeah it s set in Canada I guess but that doesn t contribute much. Nostalgia inside out 2 Basically this is the future where the rich can afford to be given new lives They are given new organs to replace failing ones and their memories are wiped and replaced with fictionalized childhoods and interests There are bureaus clinics whose job is to do these procedures and come up with some of these new personalities. Nostalgia mircea cartarescu pdf I wanted emphasis on the rejuvenation process and the scientific aspects especially because the narrator is a doctor therapist whose job is to ensure that his clients take well to their new fictional lives and story lines they ve been given Instead this is about the cultural divide between the developed world who can mostly afford these things and what I take to be the equivalent of today s third world There is also a dialogue between the elderly who have gone through this rejuvenation process and the people on their first lives who can t get jobs due to the old people still working Think baby boomers and millennials. Short Stories nostalgia electrics So not a lot of new concepts really just the same issues our current society has been talking about but in relation to fictional scientific developments It s a really fast read though and not a waste of time As I said it s just something good to break up the usual reading pattern M. Nostalgia games G Vassanji Round down to 3 or up to 4 I opted for the latter ultimately because as I neared the end of the book I wasn t ready for it to end I wanted it to go on longer I wanted I didn t want that wrap up While this wasn t a warm read for me it was one that incited questions and got my brain churning If we call this sci fi then it was less hardcore than others I have read from this genre It was close enough to Earth that I could relate to it absorb its questions and ponder it still after I closed the covers I appreciated the ideas and think that in fact the story and its ethics may not be all that far from reality oddly as we advance our use of artificial intelligence and brain computer interface Go to ScienceDaily. Nostalgia tweaks com and query those topics for some further shocking reads As a contender for Canada Reads this year I think actually it may have a chance depending on how good its defender is I wish it luck I really do On a side note I loved Vassanji s The In Between World of Vikram Lall and was so surprised at how entirely different this book was from that I do admire that kind of variety in one author M. Nostalgia epubor G Vassanji Nostalgia takes place in a future where mankind has seemingly discovered immortality As humans live longer and longer they take on and mental baggage Rather than live for decades with painful memories humans have parts of their minds erased and replaced with fictional pleasant histories Doctor Frank Sina specializes in Leaked Memory Syndrome also known as Nostalgia an unfortunate side effect where repressed memories bleed into newly crafted ones thus confusing the subject. Nostalgia juego When Presley Smith begins suffering from LMS he seeks help from Frank Shortly after his initial meetings with Frank Presley disappears As Frank begins to dig deeper into Presley s past he uncovers a link between Presley and the nuclear ravaged world south of the equator The seriousness of the situation increases when representatives from the Department of Internal Security take an interest in Presley s case citing him as one of their own Undeterred Frank continues his independent investigation putting both himself and Presley in grave danger. Book about nostalgia This was a hell of an interesting plot with an excellent setting Unfortunately I found it suffered from poor execution The narrative jumped around than I cared for leaving me without focus generally apathetic and genuinely bored Vassanji s protagonist isn t all that likeable either I m not saying that every main character needs to gel with me or my worldview but I found him egotistical and uninteresting Frank was a huge reason I found the novel to be a big let down in what I felt was a very strong premise. Nostalgie kinderkarussell I think purely for its subject matter Nostalgia belongs with the current crop of Canada Reads finalists but I would certainly put this behind timely reads like The Break and The Right to be Cold M. Nostalgia Literature fiction books G Vassanji

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From one of Canada s most celebrated writers two time Giller Prize winner Moyez Vassanji comes a taut ingenuous and dynamic novel about a future where eternal life is possible and identities can be chosen. Short Stories nostalgia zone In the indeterminate future in an unnamed western city physical impediments to immortality have been overcome As society approaches the prospect of eternal life a new problem must be confronted with the threat of the brain s storage capacity being overwhelmed people want to move forward into the future free from redundant unwanted and interfering memories Rejuvenated bodies require rejuvenated identities all traces of a person s past are erased and new complete fictions are implanted in their stead On occasion though cracks emerge and reminders of discarded lives seep through Those afflicted suffer from Leaked Memory Syndrome or Nostalgia whereby thoughts from a previous existence burrow in the conscious mind threatening to pull sufferers into an internal abyss Doctor Frank Sina specializes in sealing these memory leaks He is satisfied in his profession or less secure in the life he shares with his much younger lover content with his own fiction a happy childhood in the Yukon an adulthood marked by the influence of a mathematician father and poet mother But one day Presley Smith arrives in Frank s office Persistent thoughts are torturing Presley recurring images of another time and place As he tries to save Presley from the onslaught of memory Frank finds clues that suggest Presley s past may be located in war torn nuclear ravaged Maskinia a territory located in the southern hemisphere isolated from the north by fiercely guarded borders and policy barriers Frank s suspicions are only intensified when the Department of Internal Security takes an interest in Presley They describe him as one of their own meaning his new life was one they created for him and they want him back Who was Presley before the Department remade him what secrets are buried in the memories that are encroaching upon him As Frank tries to save Presley from both internal and external threats cracks emerge in his own fiction and the thoughts that sneak through suggest a connection with the mysterious Presley that goes well beyond a doctor and his patient NostalgiaNostalgiaInteresting book I was fascinated by the author s interpretation of immortality Is it really immortality to be given all new memories and an entirely new body Though people given new lives occasionally suffer from Nostalgia Syndrome and pieces of their former lives seeps through the cracks of their minds the complete erasure of a person s history beliefs and lived experience makes me wonder whether it s the same person at all continuing on with the new life Nostalgia imagines a divided world with a long barrier built to separate the poor and conflict ridden parts of the world from the elite first world The disparity is profound and as you delve deeper into the story it becomes clear that deliberate steps are taken to maintain the current political reality Reading this book during the opening days of the Trump administration gives me pause Is this the type of world we are headed to Is it the world we already live in Ultimately it is the themes in the book than the plot or characters that drives my interest A worthy book for pondering and provoking thought even though other elements fall flat M. Nostalgia microwave G Vassanji In our bid to outpace age and defy death we leap from one life into another be it imperfectly and hope fervently in the manner of acknowledged sinners that the past does not catch up with us But sometimes it does Canada Reads begins in 10 days and in preparation for the series of debates I have finished reading Nostalgia Set in future Toronto this book describes the human challenge of fighting aging and death by rejuvenating themselves In this future setting individuals take on a new identities after erasing their initial lives and starting fresh with a fictional history memories and new life It is a thought provoking read but I would not vote for it being the one book that Canadian s need to read now. Nostalgia is fun The main character is Dr Frank Sina who is a memory specialist who helps individuals which experience memory leaks from their previous lives He meets a new patient Presley Smith who struggles with emerging memories and for some unknown reason the doctor becomes attached to this patient As he ruminates on Presley s memories he begins to have flash backs of his own. Nostalgia tarkov This book makes readers reflect on the human struggle to extend lives cure diseases and fight death It examines the challenges that might occur should humans live longer continue working and live amongst the young It discusses the discrepancy between different areas of the world and those who have and have not. Literature Fiction nostalgia definition G Vassanji is being defended by Jody Mitic veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces who stepped on a landmine and lost both of his legs below the knees He later starred in The Amazing Race Canada and won a seat as a city councillor for Ottawa. Nostalgia shaders While I look forward to the debates I struggled to stay focused on this book It was slow moving although it did make me ponder While Company Town describes a future life with controlling technology Fifteen Dogs examines the lives of dogs with human thought The Right to Be Cold reviews the human impact on the Arctic and Nostalgia forms the tale of immortality These books share a theme of life changing by invention and progress. Nostalgia inside out 2 Although science fiction is not my go to genre this book did make me reflect on our death denying culture I can t wait for the debates to begin and look forward to learning which book will become the one book all Canadian s should read M. Scholastic book fair nostalgia G Vassanji More an intellectual book than a feeling one I especially appreciate his thoughts on faith in the general than religious sense as the antithesis to stern science Perhaps this goes a long way to explain the strife in today s world M. Nostalgie kinderkarussell G Vassanji Nostalgia wants to be a literary Philip K Dick but despite being a Canada Reads selection it fails to delivery an interesting story or very good prose Speculative fiction requires an author to bring a world different than our own alive as the story hinges on the differences In Nostalgia I never get a sense of what the world really looks like Yes there are a bunch of older people and strife over that as well as huge economic divisions but none of it felt very believable People having kids doesn t make sense when life expectancy is so long and poverty tourism seemed a bit off What I did get felt too artificial and constructed I couldn t fall into the story and see these new Toronto streets I couldn t grasp onto the social constructions Additionally the characters were flat and trope y Our protagonist spends A LOT of time thinking about ripe young bodies A good chunk of the narrative is devoted to musing on youth and beauty Been there done that don t want to hear about women s bodies compared to fruit any longer This was made worse by the fact that the female characters were barely characters The book barely passes the Bechdel test Joanie is around simply for Frank to lust and angst over We understand few of her motivations other than the ones Frank feels guilt over The religious lady that Frank begins to fall in love with exists just to lead Frank to the idea of death Even Holly is meant to be a symbol of Frank s internal conflicts There is a core of an interesting idea in this book though it is an exceedingly common idea in speculative fiction But Nostalgia fails to really do much with the concept Seriously just read Philip K Dick Vassanji s prose didn t blow me away BLOODY RIPE BODIES so pick up Dick instead M: Kindle nostalgia electrics His wife Nurjehan was born in Tanzania They have two sons Anil and Kabir He lives in Toronto and visits Africa and India often. Nostalgia microwave All hell breaks loose when he meets Presley Smith who has had an episode of Leaked Memory Syndrome Nostalgia Futuristic IdeaM. Nostalgie kinderkarussell G Vassanji Four stars for the originality of the story but two stars due to the lacklustre writing bad grammar and sloppy research mistakes So three stars overall, Short Stories nostalgia zone The city of Yellowknife is not in the Yukon for goodness sake M.Nostalgia by M.G Vassanji.