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Denison Avenue a novel  Cover Image Book Book

Denison Avenue [graphic novel] : a novel / by Christina Wong ; illustrations by Daniel Innes.

Wong, Christina (Christina M.), (author.). Innes, Daniel, (illustrator.).

Summary:

"A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vulnerable Chinese Canadian elders. Bringing together ink artwork and fiction, Denison Avenue by Daniel Innes (illustrations) and Christina Wong (text) follows the elderly Wong Cho Sum, who, living in Toronto's gentrifying Chinatown-Kensington Market, begins to collect bottles and cans after the sudden loss of her husband as a way to fill her days and keep grief and loneliness at bay. In her long walks around the city, Cho Sum meets new friends, confronts classism and racism, and learns how to build a life as a widow in a neighborhood that is being destroyed and rebuilt, leaving elders like her behind. A poignant meditation on loss, aging, gentrification, and the barriers that Chinese Canadian seniors experience in big cities, Denison Avenue beautifully combines visual art, fiction, and the endangered Toisan dialect to create a book that is truly unforgettable."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781770417151 (trade paperback)
  • Physical Description: 232, 40 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Toronto, ON : ECW Press, [2023]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Artwork and text issued separately, back-to-back and inverted.
Subject: Chinatowns > Ontario > Toronto > Comic books, strips, etc.
Chinese Canadians > Ontario > Toronto > Comic books, strips, etc.
Gentrification > Comic books, strips, etc.
Grief > Comic books, strips, etc.
Older people > Ontario > Toronto > Comic books, strips, etc.
Widows > Ontario > Toronto > Comic books, strips, etc.
Chinatown (Toronto, Ont.) > Comic books, strips, etc.
Toronto (Ont.) > Comic books, strips, etc.
Genre: Graphic novels.
Upside-down books.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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520 . ‡a"A moving story told in visual art and fiction about gentrification, aging in place, grief, and vulnerable Chinese Canadian elders. Bringing together ink artwork and fiction, Denison Avenue by Daniel Innes (illustrations) and Christina Wong (text) follows the elderly Wong Cho Sum, who, living in Toronto's gentrifying Chinatown-Kensington Market, begins to collect bottles and cans after the sudden loss of her husband as a way to fill her days and keep grief and loneliness at bay. In her long walks around the city, Cho Sum meets new friends, confronts classism and racism, and learns how to build a life as a widow in a neighborhood that is being destroyed and rebuilt, leaving elders like her behind. A poignant meditation on loss, aging, gentrification, and the barriers that Chinese Canadian seniors experience in big cities, Denison Avenue beautifully combines visual art, fiction, and the endangered Toisan dialect to create a book that is truly unforgettable."-- ‡cProvided by publisher.
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