Description:
An architectural intern caught between activism and industry confronts the fault lines of power, desire and environmental truth when a fracking giant entangles her firm - and her heart.
Brief description: Maia Kumari Bree Chowdhury is a BC based writer and architect. Her work explores the intersections of ecology, infrastructure, and diaspora identity. She is the author of The Erenwine Agenda, Otter Coast, and Rail. She runs ASEI Arts, an independent press originally based in the USA, and now located in British Columbia, Canada.
Review Quotes:
Global architect Raya Ani says: "A timely and contemporary novel about love and care for the world-The Erenwine Agenda helps us understand how we might navigate from a place of non-communication to a place of resolution. The primary characters, who are both of mixed ethnicity but of different cultural backgrounds, live a clashing breakdown of the polarities within themselves and in the environment around them. The story skillfully takes the reader from one event to another until Superstorm Sandy shocks the characters into redefining a new position in the world. The story feels very real as it puts us head on in conversation with ourselves, with the corporate structures that govern our lives, and by extension, with our idealism. The Erenwine Agenda crosses disciplines, crosses cultures, and crosses opposing viewpoints to arrive at a more compassionate and empathetic place."