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Shalimar Davina Quinlivan

Shalimar By Davina Quinlivan

Shalimar by Davina Quinlivan


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Summary

This book tells the story of Quinlivan's Anglo-Asian family whose extraordinary mythology haunts her own sense of time and place over the course of ten years and seven house moves through England, finally settling in rural Devon with a young family of her own.

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Shalimar by Davina Quinlivan

In her mid-twenties, shortly before her father's death, Davina Quinlivan moved from her family home in west London to begin a transitory life in the countryside: here she felt restless and rootless, stuck between Deep England and the technicolour memories of her family's migration story. Beginning in colonial India and Burma, from the indigenous tribes from which the women in Quinlivan's family are descended, and reaching the streets of Southall and Ealing, the stories of her ancestors persisted in the tales, the language, the cooking and culture of her family. Quinlivan conjures a place between continents and worlds in a lyrical debut of migration, and homecoming, marking the arrival of an exceptional new voice.

Shalimar Reviews

'Davina Quinlivan is a writer of rare gentleness and insight: In Shalimar she winds us into the skein of her extended diasporic family, expressing the complexity of identity today. Deftly she weaves back and forth in time, as she braids these memories, in a sustained, observant, poetic act of attention, and love.' Marina Warner; 'Evocative and heartfelt.' Helena Lee; 'A haunted archive, a casket full of memories, myths and dreams. A strange and startling cargo of ancestors, brought vividly to life by a magician.' Jeff Young; 'Shalimar is dreamlike and full of sensation. Quinlivan constellates memory, place and belonging with rarely-seen subtlety.' Jessica J. Lee

About Davina Quinlivan

Davina Quinlivan is the author of several books on cinema. She has taught at Kingston School of Art for over a decade, is a regular lecturer at The Freud Museum. She lives in Devon, with her family.

Additional information

GOR013242315
9781908213907
1908213906
Shalimar by Davina Quinlivan
Used - Like New
Hardback
Little Toller Books
2022-03-02
176
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins

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