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Driven : the secret lives of taxi drivers / Marcello Di Cintio.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781771963848 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: 276 pages ; 22 cm.
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Windsor, Ontario : Biblioasis, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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| Subject: | Taxicab drivers > Canada > Interviews. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | 388.413214092271 DiC | 31681010265296 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"In conversations with drivers ranging from veterans of foreign wars to Indigenous women protecting one another, Di Cintio explores the borderland of the North American taxi. 'A taxi,' writes Marcello Di Cintio, 'is a border.' Inside every cab is a spaceboth private and public: accessible to all, and yet, once the doors close, strangely intimate, as two strangers who might otherwise never have met share a five or fifty minute trip. In a series of interviews with Canadian taxi drivers, their backgrounds ranging from the Iraqi National Guard, to the Westboro Baptist Church, to an arranged marriage that left one woman stranded in a foreign country, Di Cintio seeks out those missed conversations, revealing the untold lives of the people who take us where wewant to go."-- - Perseus Publishing
In conversations with drivers ranging from refugees to American expats, Di Cintio explores the borderland of the North American taxi. - Perseus Publishing
Shortlisted for the Bressani Literary Prize â¢Â A Globe and Mail Book of the Year â¢Â A CBC Books Best Canadian Nonfiction of 2021
In conversations with drivers ranging from veterans of foreign wars to Indigenous women protecting one another, Di Cintio explores the borderland of the North American taxi.
âThe taxi,â writes Marcello Di Cintio, âis a border.â Occupying the space between public and private, a cab brings together people who might otherwise never have metâyet most of us sit in the back and stare at our phones. Nowhere else do people occupy such intimate quarters and share so little. In a series of interviews with drivers, their backgrounds ranging from the Iraqi National Guard, to the Westboro Baptist Church, to an arranged marriage that left one woman stranded in a foreign country with nothing but a suitcase, Driven seeks out those missed conversations, revealing the unknown stories that surround us.
Travelling across borders of all kinds, from battlefields and occupied lands to midnight fares and Tim Hortons parking lots, Di Cintio chronicles the many journeys each driver made merely for the privilege to turn on their rooflight. Yet these lives arenât defined by tragedy or frustration but by ingenuity and generosity, hope and indomitable hard work. From night school and sixteen-hour shifts to schemes for athletic careers and the secret Shakespeare of Dylanâs lyrics, Di Cintioâs subjects share the passions and triumphs that drive them.
Like the people encountered in its pages, Driven is an unexpected delight, and that most wondrous of all things: a book that will change the way you see the world around you. A paean to the power of personality and perseverance, itâs a compassionate and joyful tribute to the men and women who take us where we want to go.
