Weather Permitting & Other Stories: Volume 122 (Essential Prose Series) - Softcover

Pratap Reddy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1771830565 ISBN 13: 9781771830560

Publisher: Guernica Editions (CA), 2016

Synopsis

The stories in this collection centre around new immigrants -- spirited people prepared to leave their home and hearth to travel to distant lands in pursuit of dreams of a better life. But often times there's a reality check, and they are left to grapple with unexpected challenges: cultural shock, lack of Canadian work experience and jobs, absence of affordable daycare, and non-recognition of their educational credentials. Despite this, the stories show the determination of these immigrants to survive on alien soil.

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About the Author

Pratap Reddy moved to Canada from India in 2002. An underwriter by day and a writer by night, he writes about the angst and the agonies (on occasion the ecstasies) of newly arrived immigrants. His stories have been published in Canada, India, and the USA. Weather Permitting & Other Stories is his first collection. He is working on a second volume of short fiction, and a novel. He lives in Mississauga with his wife and son.

From the Back Cover

The stories in this collection centre around new immigrants ? spirited people who are prepared to leave their home and hearth to travel to distant lands to pursue their dreams of a better life. But often times there's a reality check, and they are left to grapple with unexpected challenges of cultural shock, paucity of jobs, lack of Canadian work experience, absence of affordable daycare, and non-recognition of their educational credentials. Though the accounts are fictional they show the determination of new immigrants to survive on alien soil.

Edition details

• Publisher: Guernica Editions (CA)
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1771830565
• ISBN 13: 9781771830560
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200