Official Confirmation

From the Arsenal site:

Soucouyant film option sold (Jul. 2010)

The film option to David Chariandy's award-winning novel Soucouyant has been sold to New York-based filmmakers Ian Harnarine and Jon Malkiel. They most recently co-wrote the adaptation of physicist Ronald Mallett's memoir Time Traveler with Spike Lee, currently in development as a feature film.

Soucouyant, shortlisted for the Governor General's Award and longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, is now in its third printing.

Reboot: Soucouyant

Last year some time I read Neil Bissoondath's "A Casual Brutality" and really enjoyed it. Looking up info on the author, I came across a list of West Indian-Canadian authors and read about David Chariandy's "Soucouyant". Ordered it from Amazon (since I couldn't find it at local NYC stores) and read it.

It immediately struck a chord with me as it really explored the 2nd Generation experience coupled with dealing with aging parents.

It was a quick read and couldn't stop thinking about it. I was wondering if it really was that good, or was it that I had such a personal connection to the material? I passed it on to my writing partner and was surprised that he loved it too.

If you haven't read it - you should. It's beautifully written with some extremely brutal moments that will kill you.

Anyways, we were looking for something to adapt and this story was it. We contacted the Publisher (The great folks over at Arsenal Pulp Press) and Mr. Chariandy. They were so gracious to trust us with this wonderful story.

Not sure how this blog will take form now, but I will try to update frequently as we begin the book to script to screen process. Might become a scrapbook, or random thoughts on what I'm dealing with at the time.