{"id":11042,"date":"2019-07-25T16:50:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T20:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.ryerson.ca\/asianheritage\/?page_id=11042"},"modified":"2025-03-14T18:11:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T22:11:02","slug":"bindu-suresh","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/bindu-suresh\/","title":{"rendered":"Bindu Suresh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Bindu Suresh studied literature at Columbia University and worked as a journalist. She studied medicine at McGill University and currently works as a pediatrician in Montreal. Suresh was born in Wales, grew up in Canada and has lived in many parts of the country.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"202\" height=\"320\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2019\/07\/26-Knots-book-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11043 lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 202px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 202\/320;width:139px;height:auto\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2019\/07\/26-Knots-book-cover.jpg 202w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2019\/07\/26-Knots-book-cover-95x150.jpg 95w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2019\/07\/26-Knots-book-cover-189x300.jpg 189w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fiction (Short stories)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">26 Knots<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Halifax: Invisible Publishing, 2019.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/torontomu.primo.exlibrisgroup.com\/discovery\/fulldisplay?vid=01OCUL_TMU:01OCUL_TMU&amp;docid=alma991001920959708636\">PS8637 .U754 A614 2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publisher&#8217;s Synopsis (from its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Grand in scope, spare in execution, and lush in language,&nbsp;<em>26 Knots<\/em> is a fable-like tale of love, obsession, and everything in between. Araceli loves Adrien. Adrien loves P\u00e9n\u00e9lope. P\u00e9n\u00e9lope marries Gabriel, who is tormented by the search for the father he never knew. Set in Montreal, but spiralling out across Canada, Bindu Suresh\u2019s debut novel deftly reveals the devastating consequences of betrayal and commitment, of grief and hope.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"139\" height=\"218\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2025\/03\/The-Road-Between-Us-book-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19743 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2025\/03\/The-Road-Between-Us-book-cover.jpg 139w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2025\/03\/The-Road-Between-Us-book-cover-96x150.jpg 96w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 139px) 100vw, 139px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 139px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 139\/218;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fiction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Road Between Us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Prince Edward County, ON: Assembly Press, 2025.<br>forthcoming in May 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publisher&#8217;s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Estela, a lawyer, struggles professionally after a deep childhood loss and an ill-advised undergraduate dalliance. Ash is a diplomat posted to Buenos Aires and Beijing who wants what he can\u2019t have. Oph\u00e9lie, a nurse, makes a grievous medical error that alters the course of her life. And Roman is an academic whose careless sexual escapades after a painful divorce lead to even more painful consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tense, poetic, and as binge-worthy as a miniseries, <em>The Road Between Us<\/em> explores why we make the decisions we do, and how those decisions affect the people we love.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bindu Suresh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bindusuresh.com\/\">personal website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bindu Suresh <a href=\"http:\/\/open-book.ca\/News\/Bindu-Suresh-on-Her-Gorgeous-Debut-Novel-26-Knots-a-Love-Letter-to-Montreal\">interview with <em>Open Book<\/em><\/a> online journal 17 May 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Publisher <a href=\"https:\/\/assemblypress.ca\/\">Assembly Press<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Publisher <a href=\"https:\/\/invisiblepublishing.com\/\">Invisible Publishing<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bindu Suresh studied literature at Columbia University and worked as a journalist. 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