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Framed by Wayson Choy's two brushes with death, Not Yet is an intimate and insightful study of one man's reasons for living.
In 2001, Wayson Choy suffered a combined asthma-heart attack. As he lay in his hospital bed, slipping in and out of consciousness, his days punctuated by the beeps of the machines that were keeping him alive, Choy heard the voices of his ancestors warning him that without a wife, he would one day die alone. And yet through his ordeal Choy was never alone; men and women, young and old, from all cultures and ethnicities, stayed by Choy's side until he was well. When his heart failed him a second time, four years later, it was the strength of his bonds with these people, forged through countless acts of kindness, that pulled Choy back to his life.
Not Yet is a passionate, sensitive, and beautiful exploration of the importance of family, which in Choy's case is constituted not through blood but through love. It is also a quiet manifesto for embracing life, not blind to our mortality, but knowing how lucky we are for each day that comes.
RRP: $27.95
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| ISBN 13: | 9781921372919 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Pages: | 224 |
| Dimensions: | 210 x 138mm |
| Released: | 03/08/2009 |
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Wayson Choy was born in Chinatown in Vancouver, Canada, the only son of two working parents. He was adopted and brought up in a variety of Chinese households, growing up between two languages and two cultures. He was the first Chinese student to be admitted to the University of British Columbia's pioneering creative writing program. His first published work was selected for The Best of American Short Stories (1962). However, Wayson initially chose to work in advertising and then to teach English over a career in writing. It took him eighteen years to write his first book The Jade Peony, which spent over 30 weeks on Canada's national best-seller list and shared the prestigious Trillium Award for best book with Margaret Atwood. The book also won the City of Vancouver Book Award. Wayson teaches English at Humber College in Toronto, and is currently working on his next novel, The Ten Thousand Things, which continues the story begun in his debut.
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