6 Essential Questions [Paperback]

Imaginations run wild in this strangely beautiful and funny story loosely based on Uppal’s critically acclaimed memoir. Renata travels to Brazil to reunite with the mother who abandoned her when she was just five years old, but in Rio, she discovers more than she bargained for in her quest to uncover the truth of who abandoned whom.

From celebrated novelist and poet Priscila Uppal comes a startling playwriting debut; a poetic and powerful carnival of tragicomic theatre.

Dubbed by Time Out London as Canada’s coolest poet, Priscila Uppal is also a playwright, essayist, and fiction writer. Among her publications are ten collections of poetry, includingSabotage, Traumatology,andOntological Necessities(Griffin Prize finalist); the novelsThe Divine Economy of SalvationandTo Whom It May Concern; and the memoirProjection: Encounters with My Runaway Mother. Her works have been published internationally and translated into many languages.6 Essential Questionsis Priscila’s first play. She lives in Toronto and teaches at York University.

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