Les éditions Dundurn et La Livrerie vous invitent au lancement du recueil de nouvelles Annapurna's Bounty de Veena Gokhale, écrivaine du quartier.

La lecture sera suivie d'une discussion en français.

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Veena Gokhale, immigrante aux multiples facettes, a travaillé comme journaliste, enseignante, commissaire littéraire et dans le milieu communautaire. Elle est l’autrice de deux œuvres de fiction — Bombay Wali and Other Stories et Land for Fatimah. Ayant vécu dans dix villes réparties sur trois pays, elle considère désormais Tiohtiá:ke/Montréal comme son chez-soi.

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ANNAPURNA’S BOUNTY

Annapurna, the Indian Goddess of Nourishment, presides over these food-related legends, with a dollop of magic realism, reimagined for the twenty-first-century palate. Here, food manifests as ploy, bargain, symbolic communication, a bone of contention, a lesson, as it weaves through the

lives of a cast of characters — kings and commoners, witches and goddesses, gurus and bandits, refugees and travellers.

Each story is followed by a vegetarian recipe offered up by a character. Gathered from the four corners of India, there are well-known dishes like nourishing dal and irresistible mango lassi, novelties like Avial and Bengali khichari, as well as a new twist on beloved foods, such as samosas with a peas and coconut filling.

Infused with humane values, expertly blending the timeless and the contemporary, the magical and the everyday, encompassing East, West, and the in-between, this fusion of fiction and food will delight and inspire.