Hopeful Monsters

LAUNCH: HOPEFUL MONSTERS BY HIROMI GOTO
March 11, 2004 (7 pm)
Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design
Room 405 (South Building), 1399 Johnston Street
Granville Island, Vancouver

Home becomes fraught, reality a nightmare, as acclaimed novelist
Hiromi Goto weaves her characters through tales of domestic crises
and cultural dissonance in her latest novel and first book with
Arsenal Pulp Press. The title of Hopeful Monsters refers to
genetically abnormal organisms that naturally adapt to their environments.

In Hiromi Goto's quietly devastating stories, the hopeful monsters
in question are women who will not be tethered by familial duty or
the ghosts of their past.

This is a free event with refreshments.