Book Review: Bina had enough, her Novel in Warnings tells us why

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Anakana Schofield’s third novel is titled Bina: A Novel in Warnings. Of Irish descent, Schofield now makes Vancouver home.

Some say Irish writers exist to save the English language from the English. Indeed, it is hard to imagine the shape of prose, poetry and drama in English without the work of authors like Joyce, Swift, Beckett, Yeats and Toibin. Without the Irish, English language writing would have far less lyricism and humour and propulsive energy.

Imagine, if you can, Samuel Beckett reborn as a 21st century woman and you will have an approximation of the literary pleasures on offer in a Schofield novel. Hers is a distinctive, deadpan prose, echoing with menace and laced with black humour.

 

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