Blackbodying unfolds conventionally, but with a vivid, highly evocative focus on visual and sensory detail that borders on the obsessive, echoing W.G. Sebald’s masterpiece of memory and minutiae, Austerlitz.” — The Globe and Mail, 2005 “The finest anti-Canadianization novel I have read. Blackbodying reflects the terror of our times, in writing and in reality. A work of remarkable scope, interweaving themes of emotional and geographic exile, as well as tackling political and cultural issues in a sophisticated and unpredictable way. Yet Blackbodying is much more than a clever manipulation of narrativity and authorial wit: it is chiefly memorable for the power and range of its varied representations of contemporary reality.” — QWF Jury Comments, 2005 “Nasrallah’s narrative style clinical and precise perfectly reflects his protagonists detachment from the flesh-and-blood stories about him. Nothing is absolute in Blackbodying, its narrators cannot be trusted and its conclusion is far from a satisfying inevitability yet still it works remarkably well.” — Popmatters, 2005 “Dimitri Nasrallah has produced a darkly compelling first novel about two Lebanese expatriates who end up in Canada because of civil war..” — Toronto Star, 2005 “Nasrallah takes the reader on a journey deep into the minds and feelings of these characters. Through present events and flashbacks, he reveals how they subconsciously attempt to connect with their past, building illusions that later lead to their collapse.” — Montreal Gazette, 2005 “Beirut-born Dimitri Nasrallah cooresponds to everyones idea of what makes a new writer.” — Via Destinations, 2005 “The gaps between experience and memory are powerfully explored…. ” — Concordia University Magazine, June 2005