Dear Jeanne, Heard of him earlier, but had no access to his works. I sent your article to my writer friend, who has won the Canadian Broadcasting Award, I think it was third prize for his book, Happiness and Other Stories, in which he has featured me as Father Eugene. He's working on his second novel. An Indian but Canadian-born, Ahmed Saidullah. He has written for the magazine which Vassanji's wife used to bring out. Sorry, I forgot the name of the mag, as it closed down a few years ago. I have read Vassanji's book, one which features a Goan character. Another Indian writer who has made a name and featured in Canadian writers prize-winners is Rohinton Mistry, a Parsi from Mumbai. There are a couple of other Indian-origin writers who have achieved reasonable fame in the Canadian literary world. Maybe, I will provide a list later on, as my memory fails me now. I have reshuffled my library because of some floor-work in the house, and right now it's a mess. I am also in the process of discarding many books and once had the misfortune of many books stolen by a so-called friend, who you be aware of on Goanet, if you were or are a member, when I gave him access to my books left at another friend's house when I moved to Dubai for a couple of years. I had to go to court to secure the books, and the person needn't give me access to his house but left the books in the garage. Friends like these. Sorry for my lament, but sometimes when I think of it it hurts my heart and soul.
Eugene Correia On Sat, Aug 27, 2022 at 9:47 AM Sajan <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Jeanne, > > I enjoyed your 'special feature' very much; it's a very evocative and > moving piece, and you write wonderfully well. It's not so much a 'feature' > (which, I think, has a fairly specific meaning in journalism) as an > interior monologue, with your *sorpotel * -- like Proust's *madeleine* -- > unlocking memories of the past. They should have put your story on the > cover. > > The articles on Gurnah were surprisingly good. I'm not a great fan of > academic writing, but some of those pieces have an almost lyrical quality. > > Thanks for your reminiscences, and the link to *AwaaZ. * > > warm regards, > Sajan > > > > On Saturday, 27 August 2022 at 02:30:13 UTC+5:30 Jeanne wrote: > >> And please read Abdulrazak Gurnah, Eugene! I want everyone to read him. >> When I'm over my VS Naipaul trip, I'm going to go for Gurnah in a big way. >> I might try *The** world is what it **is* before then. >> So much to read, so little capacity. And less and less energy for writing. >> :-) >> >> On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 4:55 PM Eugene Correia <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I second Braz in his praise of Jeanne's article. Smooth reading, >>> nostalgic is more than one way. Jeanne weaves her story in a fashionable >>> way, mixing Goa and Nairobi to deliver a "sorpotel" of a read. I too wish >>> to read more from the facial pen or rapid fingers on a computer from >>> Jeanne. I suggest that this story must be sent to The Goan for its Global >>> Goenkar pages. The readers will definitely enjoy it, as I did. >>> >>> Eugene Correia >>> >>> On Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 9:16 PM Braz Menezes <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Jeanne, enjoyed reading your article. Would love to red more of your >>>> writing. I’m trying to get a little book out on the Seychelles at the >>>> moment. 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