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CBC Books ·Here are the Canadian novels and short stories we are excited to read in the first half of 2022.
The Maidby Nita Prose
Pure Colourfollows a woman named Mira, who leaves home for school and meets a person named Annie. Annie has this power over Mira and opens her chest like a portal. Many years later when Mira is older, her father dies and his spirit passes into her. Together, they become a leaf on a tree. But when photosynthesis gets boring, Mira must choose whether or not to return to Annie and the human world she has left behind.
Pure Colouris a funny exploration of the wonderful and terrible aspects of being alive.
When you can read it: Feb. 15, 2022
Why Sheila Heti has kept the Penguin Dictionary of Symbols on her desk for 20 years
Sheila Heti is a Canadian playwright and author whose work has been translated in over a dozen languages. Her novel Motherhoodwas on the shortlist for the 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize. She is also the author of the novels Ticknorand How Should a Person Be? and the self-help bookThe Chairs Are Where the People Go.
