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

By:

Wong, Christina (Christina M.)

Contributor(s):

Innes, Daniel

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Toronto, Ontario : ECW Press, 2023.Description: 232 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:

9781770417151 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Upside-down books.

DDC classification:

[Fic] 23

Summary: 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.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Fiction	West Grey Durham Branch Shelves	Fiction	FIC WON (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Checked out	Canada Reads Nominee 2024	10/03/2024	33321003250397

Total holds: 0

Artwork and text issued separately, back-to-back and inverted.

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.

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