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Finalist for the 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize Some secrets never die... Priya and Alexandra have moved from the city to a picturesque countryside town. What Alex doesn't know is that in moving, Priya is running from her past—from a fraught relationship with an old friend, Prakash, who pursued her for many years, both online and off. Time has passed, however, and Priya, confident that her ties to Prakash have been successfully severed, decides it's once more safe to establish an online presence. In no time, Prakash discovers Priya online and contacts her. Impulsively, inexplicably, Priya invites him to visit her and Alex in the country, without ever having come clean with Alex about their relationship—or its tumultuous end. Prakash's sudden arrival at their home reveals cracks in Priya and Alex's relationship and brings into question Priya's true intentions. Seductive and tension-filled, Polar Vortex is a story of secrets, deceptions, and revenge. It asks readers: Are we ever free from our pasts? Do we deserve to be? 2020 Scotiabank Giller Prize Jury Citation: "A keen meditation on the complexities of identity and desire,  Polar Vortex  is the unsettling examination of a failing m

Author

Shani Mootoo

Publisher

Toronto: Book*hug Press

Published

2020

Language

EN

ISBN

9781771665667

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

3 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-24