Dragons Cry

by Tessa McWatt

Overview

Over the course of the evening following the burial of his older brother, David, Simon and his partner, Faye, struggle to reconcile their pasts through the prism of the brother who brought them together, but who also drove them apart. A flood of memory — of childhoods in Canada and the Caribbean, of youthful hopes and adult choices — swirls about this haunting multi-layered novel about the shifting nature of love and belonging.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781896332130
Publisher:	Cormorant Books
Publication date:	08/31/1998
Pages:	1
Product dimensions:	5.54(w) x 8.49(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Tessa McWatt was born in Georgetown, Guyana, and grew up in Toronto. She currently lives in London, England, where she is working as a producer and scriptwriter.

Editorial Reviews

"Dragons Cry is a lyrical evocation of history and memories drawn from characters that move between places and cultures. McWatt explores a fractured family with sympathy and courage."

Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction jury citation

"Dragons Cry is a lyrical evocation of history and memories drawn from characters that move between places and cultures. McWatt explores a fractured family with sympathy and courage." The Governor General's Literary Awards Fiction Jury -- "Tessa McWatt showed a ton of promise in her first novel, Out of My Skin, but nothing to prepare us for such an exquisite follow-up. Dragons Cry is complex, subtle, emotionally rich an dvery smart...This is a small-press book that deserves major attention." NOW Magazine -- A story told in deceptively simple, often beautifully turned fragments becomes a yearning, complex, lyrical whole. Dragons Cry is passionate, moving, and true. Ronan Bennett

From the Publisher

“Tessa McWatt showed a ton of promise in her first novel, Out of My Skin, but nothing to prepare us for such an exquisite follow-up. Dragons Cry is complex, subtle, emotionally rich and very smart ... This is a small press book that deserves major attention.”

NOW Magazine

“A story told in deceptively simple, often beautifully turned fragments becomes a yearning, complex, lyrical whole. Dragons Cry is passionate, moving, and true.”

Ronan Bennett