{"product_id":"on-narrative-and-becoming-a-trinidad-born-canadian-womans-journey-towards-her-intellectual-and-psychological-voice-paperback","title":"On Narrative and Becoming: A Trinidad-Born-Canadian Woman's Journey Towards her Intellectual and Psychological Voice - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Kismatali\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn Narrative and Becoming is both an intimate and a political act, an autobiographical genre-blending novel that traces one woman's journey across decades, continents, and interior landscapes. With emotional precision and psychological depth, Kismatali invites readers to witness the making of a self, and the courage required to speak where silence once lived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArriving in Toronto in 1968 at age 20, Kismatali began the long process of her becoming, through study, work, motherhood, and persistent negotiation of identity in a new land. Her writing confronts the double silencing of Asian-Caribbean women, first within the broader discourse, and again within patriarchal literary traditions that have rendered them one-dimensional. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"At thirteen, becoming highly educated was not within the realm of possibilities for me or my siblings. With parents who believed that we were born to a certain station in life, and should just accept it and wear it like a skin unquestioned and unchanging. It left no room for dreams of a better life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I have never been off the tiny island of Trinidad where I was born. My life there was small in what I was allowed to think, voice, or experience. Tucked into the folds of extreme poverty, rigid family rules, social customs, and the rhythm of a life that saw little change. What I am doing now seems impossible. I know no one in this huge new world, and no one knows me. But I had to come.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.49 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 13, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53878197715251,"sku":"9781834387598","price":25.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/EsLrTVRvZe9781834387598.webp?v=1787191581","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/on-narrative-and-becoming-a-trinidad-born-canadian-womans-journey-towards-her-intellectual-and-psychological-voice-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}