· Zalika Reid-Benta’s collection, Frying Plantain (House of Anansi Press ), is her splash-making debut, already garnering a spot on the Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist. The collection consists of twelve linked stories about Kara Davis, a quiet Jamaican-Canadian girl growing up in Toronto and navigating intergenerational familial conflict, friends who double as bullies, and the relationship . · “Sharp-witted and sharp-tongued, Frying Plantain is written in the indelible ink of memory. Zalika Reid-Benta is a masterful storyteller with a light touch, a photographic recall, and a pitch-perfect ear for the ephemera we’d like to think of as youthful, but just can’t seem to shake. This is an unforgettable debut.”Estimated Reading Time: 8 mins. · Set in the neighbourhood of "Little Jamaica," Frying Plantain follows a girl from elementary school to high school graduation as she navigates the tensions between mothers and daughters, second-generation immigrants experiencing first-generation cultural expectations, and Black identity in a predominantly white society.
Author: Zalika Reid-Benta; Publisher: Hachette UK; ISBN: ; Category: Fiction; Page: ; View: ; Download» Frying Plantain 'An unforgettable debut' Paul Beatty, Booker Prize-winning author of The Sellout 'Incisive and sharp' Refinery29 Kara Davis is a girl caught in the middle - of her Canadian nationality and her desire to be. Frying Plantain is a book by Zalika Reid-Benta. Comments. To encourage thoughtful and respectful conversations, first and last names will appear with each submission to CBC/Radio-Canada's online. PRAISE FOR ZALIKA REID-BENTA AND FRYING PLANTAIN "Reid-Benta is a natural storyteller This splendid collection marks her as a writer to watch." — Booklist, STARRED REVIEW "Sharp-witted and sharp-tongued, Frying Plantain is written in the indelible ink of memory. Zalika Reid-Benta is a masterful storyteller with a light touch, a photographic recall, and a pitch-perfect ear for the.
“Sharp-witted and sharp-tongued, Frying Plantain is written in the indelible ink of memory. Zalika Reid-Benta is a masterful storyteller with a light touch, a photographic recall, and a pitch-perfect ear for the ephemera we’d like to think of as youthful, but just can’t seem to shake. This is an unforgettable debut.”. ZALIKA REID-BENTA is a Toronto-based writer. Her debut short story collection FRYING PLANTAIN won the 23rd annual Danuta Gleed Literary Award and won the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in literary fiction. It was shortlisted for the Toronto Book Awards, the Trillium Book Award, and longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Zalika Reid-Benta’s collection, Frying Plantain (House of Anansi Press ), is her splash-making debut, already garnering a spot on the Scotiabank Giller Prize longlist. The collection consists of twelve linked stories about Kara Davis, a quiet Jamaican-Canadian girl growing up in Toronto and navigating intergenerational familial conflict, friends who double as bullies, and the relationship between her heritage and her hometown.
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