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Stories shape the world, imposing order on chaos, and the stories we tell declare: I exist. Neil Bissoondath presses these assertions about narrative further. Stories are also, he says, forms of confession. Each time we tell a story, we reveal a little about our experiences, dreams, fears, desires, and fantasies. Unlike governments, which try to control and simplify narrative, fiction writers use narrative expansively, for exploration and discovery. Questions are numerous; answers are rare. Fiction is confessional; born of the writer's own visions, terrors, and obsessions, it is unique in its ability to affirm human existence and confirm human complexity. The Age of Confession is the first Northrop Frye-Antonine Maillet Lecture, sponsored by the Universit de Moncton. It was presented on April 29, 2006, in Moncton, New Brunswick, during the Northrop Frye International Literary Festival.
A propos de l'auteur
Born in Trinidad, Neil Bissoondath has lived in Canada for more than thirty years. He is the author of six works of fiction and a controversial work of nonfiction entitled
Selling Illusions: The Cult of Multiculturalism in Canada. He has received the Canadian Authors Association Fiction Award and the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction. His work has been short listed for the Governor General's Award, the Guardian Fiction Award (UK), and the Prix Femina Étranger (France). He teaches creative writing at Université Laval in Quebec City.
Né à Trinidad, Neil Bissoondath vit au Canada depuis plus de 30 ans. Il est l'auteur de six oeuvres de fiction et d'un essai controversé intitulé
Le marché aux illusions: la méprise du multiculturalisme au Canada (traduction de
Selling Illusions: The Cult of Multiculturalism in Canada). Il a remporté le Canadian Authors Association Fiction Award et le prix Hugh MacLellan remis à la meilleure oeuvre de fiction. Ses ouvrages ont été finalistes au Prix du gouverneur général, au Guardian Fiction Award (Royaume-Uni) et au prix Fémina étranger (France). Il est professeur en création littéraire à l'Université Laval, à Québec.
