Fane Productions | Jyoti Patel on Family Secrets and Grief (FULL EVENT) @faneproductions | Uploaded April 2023 | Updated October 2024, 8 hours ago.
Join winner of the 2021 #Merky Books New Writers’ Prize Jyoti Patel in conversation with Mohsin Zaidi to celebrate the publication of her debut novel The Things That We Lost.
Nik yearns to know more about his father, who died before he was born. His mother, Avani, held hostage by her guilt surrounding his death, refuses to share any information with her son. Nik is forced to create a fragmented image of his father, pulled together from hushed whispers at family gatherings and photos stolen from his mother’s bedroom.
When his grandfather dies, secrets are revealed, and everything Nik thinks he knows about his father is turned on its head. Nik makes it his mission to discover the truth about his father and the circumstances of his death, uncovering painful truths in the process.
In conversation for this unique virtual event Jyoti and Mohsin discuss what it means to be a person of colour in Britain today, and the stories we tell ourselves to manage our trauma. The Things That We Lost is a beautifully tender novel that explores family, loss, and the lengths we go to, to protect the ones we love.
00:00 Introduction
4:06 The central themes of the book
6:03 Representation
23:43 The experience of grief
48:15 Racism
55:00 Closing remarks
A Night In with Jyoti Patel was originally broadcast on Tues 17 January 2023.
To discover more Fane events, visit: fane.co.uk/whats-on
#JyotiPatel #britishauthors #family #grief #Interview #MerkyBooks
Join winner of the 2021 #Merky Books New Writers’ Prize Jyoti Patel in conversation with Mohsin Zaidi to celebrate the publication of her debut novel The Things That We Lost.
Nik yearns to know more about his father, who died before he was born. His mother, Avani, held hostage by her guilt surrounding his death, refuses to share any information with her son. Nik is forced to create a fragmented image of his father, pulled together from hushed whispers at family gatherings and photos stolen from his mother’s bedroom.
When his grandfather dies, secrets are revealed, and everything Nik thinks he knows about his father is turned on its head. Nik makes it his mission to discover the truth about his father and the circumstances of his death, uncovering painful truths in the process.
In conversation for this unique virtual event Jyoti and Mohsin discuss what it means to be a person of colour in Britain today, and the stories we tell ourselves to manage our trauma. The Things That We Lost is a beautifully tender novel that explores family, loss, and the lengths we go to, to protect the ones we love.
00:00 Introduction
4:06 The central themes of the book
6:03 Representation
23:43 The experience of grief
48:15 Racism
55:00 Closing remarks
A Night In with Jyoti Patel was originally broadcast on Tues 17 January 2023.
To discover more Fane events, visit: fane.co.uk/whats-on
#JyotiPatel #britishauthors #family #grief #Interview #MerkyBooks
