Asylum/Ransomed: Breaking the Fourth Wall: 163 (Essential Prose Series) - Softcover

Laura Swart

 
9781771833875: Asylum/Ransomed: Breaking the Fourth Wall: 163 (Essential Prose Series)

Synopsis

Asylum features interviews with sixteen Canadian refugees from around the world. The interviews are shaped into a five-act play in the likeness of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream to address poignant questions about what is true, what is real. Philosophers, artists, and politicians take the stage alongside the refugees to highlight stories of war, displacement, and being other.

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About the Author

Laura Swart has taught academic writing to post-secondary students for over twenty years, encouraging them to find and raise their writing voices. As a novelist and playwright, she was shortlisted for the 2018 ReLit Award. She lives in Calgary.

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Asylum features interviews with sixteen Canadian refugees from around the world. The interviews are shaped into a five-act play in the likeness of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream to address poignant questions about what is true, what is real. Philosophers, artists, and politicians take the stage alongside the refugees to highlight stories of war, displacement, and being other.

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