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In Rawi Hage's unforgettable novel, winner of the 2008 IMPAC Prize, this famous quote by Camus becomes a touchstone for two young men caught in Lebanon's civil war. Bassam and George are childhood best friends who have grown to adulthood in war torn Beirut. Now they must choose their futures: to stay in the city and consolidate power through crime; or to go into exile abroad, alienated from the only existence they have known. Bassam chooses one path: obsessed with leaving Beirut, he embarks on a series of petty crimes to finance his departure. Meanwhile, George builds his power in the underworld of the city and embraces a life of military service, crime for profit, killing, and drugs.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eTold in the voice of Bassam, \u003cem\u003eDe Niro's Game\u003c\/em\u003e is a beautiful, explosive portrait of a contemporary young man shaped by a lifelong experience of war. 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De Niro's Game
A-List edition of Rawi Hage's classic novel De Niro's Game, with a new introduction by Colm Toibin.
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Sofi Oksanen is simply fantastic, and here she is at her best.” — \u003cem\u003eNorrköpings Tidningar\u003c\/em\u003e (Sweden)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“A peculiar and disturbing novel evoking the universe of the filmmaker David Cronenberg … \u003cem\u003eNorma\u003c\/em\u003e impresses as much as it sends shivers down our spines.” —\u003cem\u003e Lire \u003c\/em\u003e(France) \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR SOFI OKSANEN AND \u003cem\u003eWHEN THE DOVES DISAPPEARED\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWinner, Swedish Academy Nordic Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWinner, Budapest Grand Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eLonglist, International Dublin Literary Award\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail \u003c\/em\u003eTop 100 Book\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAn \u003cem\u003eIndependent \u003c\/em\u003eBest Translated Book of the Year\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eInternational Bestseller\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eWhenthe Doves Disappeared\u003c\/em\u003e is indeed a thrilling page-turner, but it is equally a shattering family drama and an unsparing deconstruction of history … This [is] a perfect time to read this superb writer.” —\u003cem\u003e Independent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Piercing … A chilling story of loss and betrayal.” — \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Flawless … Accomplished … A singular voice … Oksanen’s insights and intuition mean she is fast becoming one of the foremost voices in the ex-Communist world.” —\u003cem\u003e Economist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Sofi Oksanen has woven a story of betrayal, lies, political deceit, and modern history into a brilliant novel. [It’s a] great thriller about a part of the world not well-known to Western readers. Sofi Oksanen is a writer to watch.” — \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“No one in these pages is predictable, because survival in this period, Oksanen so beautifully reveals, meant learning to love only from the part of the heart that knows how to betray.” — \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“During and after the Second World War, the boundaries and power structures of Europe changed dramatically. In this fourth novel, Oksanen, who has won the Swedish Academy Nordic Prize and Budapest Grand Prize, traces those changes through the lives of one Estonian family … The fragmented narrative, adeptly translated by Rogers, switches between the Third Reich and the height of Soviet power, using these two time periods to make ideal use of dramatic irony, to render understandable collusion with the enemy as well as portray its consequences, and to evoke sympathy for a man whose ambition leads him to commit terrible atrocities. Oksanen manages to relate these stories without horror or judgment, and reminds the reader that, whatever else people in wartime may do, they are human creatures, and not the one-dimensional monsters that history makes them seem to be.” — \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e,STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Meticulously precise prose … This is powerful fiction that stirs history, war crimes, and psychology into a compelling mix.” — \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Oksanen depicts civilian life in wartime and under communist oppression in rich historical detail, skillfully manipulating chronology and threading clues subtly throughout the narrative as suspense builds. Highly recommended.” — \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e, STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Oksanen’s temporal shifts weave an intrigue that builds to moments of shocking revelation. This is a tense, politically relevant novel that asks: what would \u003cem\u003eyou\u003c\/em\u003e do to survive?” — \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Superb … Oksanen, a great post–Russian Empire writer, has helped to return Estonia to the consciousness of the West.” — \u003cem\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR SOFI OKSANEN AND \u003cem\u003ePURGE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWinner Prix Femina\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWinner, Runeberg and Finlandia Literary Awards\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWinner, Nordic Council Literature Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eWinner, Fnac Prize for Novel of the Year (Le Prix du Roman Fnac)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003eSunday Times \u003c\/em\u003eBest Book of the Year 2010\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eA \u003cem\u003eTimesLiterary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e (UK) Book of the Year 2010\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAn \u003cem\u003eL Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e Top 10 Book of 2010\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eA Barnes \u0026 Noble Summer 2010 Discover title\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eInternational Bestseller\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“[A] bold combination of history, politics, and suspense.” — \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e (UK)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003ePurge\u003c\/em\u003e is a … brilliant piece of work that does not easily relinquish its grip on the reader’s imagination.” — \u003cem\u003eTimes of London\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“A bravura work, deeply engaged with [Estonia’s] knotted history, sparing but potent in its use of irony and containing an empathic treatment of all the miserable choices Estonians faced during their periods of oppression … Oksanen has crafted a stirring and humane work of art.” — \u003cem\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“This wonderfully subtle thriller … captures both the tragic consequences of one of Europe’s biggest conflicts and the universal horrors that war inflicts on women. With a tone somewhere between Ian McEwan’s \u003cem\u003eAtonement\u003c\/em\u003e and the best of the current crop of European crime novelists, this bitter gem promises great things from the talented Oksanen.” — \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“In \u003cem\u003ePurge\u003c\/em\u003e, Sofi Oksanen removes all taboos, from the violence of half a century of Soviet occupation to the regular exploitation of the female body … In addition to the moving and breathtaking plot, the power of \u003cem\u003ePurge\u003c\/em\u003e is in this striking parallel between the oppression of women and of a whole country … Sofi Oksanen describes the trauma, whether personal or collective, with chilling accuracy.” — \u003cem\u003eElle\u003c\/em\u003e (France)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003ePurge \u003c\/em\u003eis a story of gulag survival, repression, and the tale of two sisters in love with the same man. Sofi Oksanen is a literary sensation and a very nice discovery. From Finland with pain.” — \u003cem\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/em\u003e (Italy)\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“In the ingeniously constructed \u003cem\u003ePurge\u003c\/em\u003e, Sofi Oksanen redeems her Estonian characters’ victimization by history through unflinching intensity of observation.” — \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e, “Books of the Year”\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“A riveting tale … Oksanen adeptly handles dual storylines and multiple points of view as she keeps us turning pages to reach the dramatic conclusion. Highly recommended for fans of classic Russian writers like Tolstoy and Pasternak, as well as those who enjoy a contemporary tale of lust and betrayal.” — \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e“Vivid … Life in Estonia under Soviet rule is dramatically portrayed in this award-winning Finnish novel … Oksanen paints a vivid picture of the landscape and people of Estonia. She deftly interweaves universal themes of love, isolation, political instability, and human trafficking, involving the reader from the beginning to the surprising ending . . . Her frank, short sentences bore to the ‘truth’ in a direct style that her characters are unable to use.” — \u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","OtherText_Back_cover_copy_0":"\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eSofi Oksanen is a world-renowned and internationally bestselling novelist and the winner of numerous literary prizes. \u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eOksanen was named to the\u003cem \u003e \u003c\/em\u003eOrdre des Arts et des Lettres, an Order of France, and has been compared to Stieg Larsson, Margaret Atwood, and David Cronenberg.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem \u003eDog Park \u003c\/em\u003eis being published in twenty countries. \u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003cli\u003eSofi Oksanen explores both present-day Finland and post-Communist Ukraine, a lawless time when capitalism was introduced and the black market thrived in central and eastern Europe.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n","OtherText_Description_for_R_0":"\u003cp\u003eHELSINKI 2016\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerhaps everything would have gone differently if I had recognized her immediately and known I should flee. But I didn’t; I didn’t even turn my head when the stranger sat down at the end of the bench with a slowness to her movements that suggested an expectation of pain. Hoping she would understand that I wasn’t looking for conversation, I loudly rustled the pages of the book resting in my lap. I wasn’t in this park looking for company.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book belonged to the library located just a stone’s throw from the park and its fenced dog run. Carrying a bag bulging with novels made my stops at the park look natural. Whenever anyone happened to ask, I told them how much I liked animals and watching them play but that due to my allergies, I couldn’t keep a pet of my own. The woman sitting next to me also didn’t have a dog, I noticed, but otherwise my attention was focused on the street surrounding the park. Furtively I glanced at my watch, although I knew I was on time. I was afraid I’d come for nothing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe woman extended her legs out straight and stretched, as people often do when considering how to initiate conversation — a yawn, a straightening of a jacket, or a hand gesture laying the foundation for comments about the weather or other trivialities. However, no question came about my book nor any platitudes about the temperature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScooting to the other end of the bench, I increased my distance from the interloper. Recently I’d begun watching in a new way the other people idling in the park. The retirees and unemployed people strolling here just needed an excuse to get out. Perhaps someday I would be like that, after I no longer had any actual reason for visiting the park or any schedule to my life. Then I too would want my neighbors to hear the bang of my front door as a sign that I was busy and had friends to visit, and then I would come here to be part of the world by watching other people’s lives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA white miniature schnauzer approaching the dog park received admiring glances from passersby. My companion on the bench perked up. As she leaned forward slightly, I expected her to finally screw up the courage to say something, maybe about the schnauzer’s photogenic grooming or its exemplary obedience, but the woman remained silent. \u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Quote_from_review_0":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDog Park\u003c\/em\u003e, as in her other fictions, Ms. Oksanen mines living history, digging up toxic societal elements that have explosive power … The slow build and devious plotting of \u003cem\u003eDog Park\u003c\/em\u003e will tantalize the Rubik’s Cube–minded, and the book offers the retrospective satisfaction of infinite replay, like a game with multiple resolutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","OtherText_Review_0":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDog Park\u003c\/em\u003e, as in her other fictions, Ms. Oksanen mines living history, digging up toxic societal elements that have explosive power … The slow build and devious plotting of \u003cem\u003eDog Park\u003c\/em\u003e will tantalize the Rubik’s Cube–minded, and the book offers the retrospective satisfaction of infinite replay, like a game with multiple resolutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Wall Street Journal","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"A ferociously plotted novel of intrigue, betrayal, and murder in the global fertility market.","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2021-10-05","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"A ferociously plotted novel of intrigue, betrayal, and murder in the global fertility market.","Width":"6","WidthCode":"in"}
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Representing a connection to her past, Meg and Dick’s friendship flourishes, blurring the lines of loyalty between what is and what was in a way that changes life for these three friends forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs sharp and startling now as when it was written, \u003ci\u003eDon’t Look at Me Like That\u003c\/i\u003e is an unflinching and candid book of love and betrayal that encapsulates Diana Athill’s gift of storytelling at its finest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003e","EAN":"9781487008451","excerpt_0":"https:\/\/biblioshare.org\/BNCservices\/BNCServices.asmx\/Samples?token=fcf85c1c1b298e99\u0026amp;ean=9781487008451\u0026amp;SAN=\u0026amp;Perspective=excerpt\u0026amp;FileNumber=0","Height":"8","HeightCode":"in","Imprint":"Anansi International","NumberOfPages":"192","OtherText_Accolades_0":"\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR DIANA ATHILL AND \u003cem\u003eDON’T LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eDon’t Look at Me Like That\u003c\/em\u003e evokes a London of rain; grimy bedsits, plush, hushed restaurants, illicitness, and despair . . . Athill skilfully blends diffidence and pathos to produce a story at once all-too familiar and unique.” — Catherine Taylor, critic, writer, and former deputy director of English PEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A well-defined first novel sketching in people and places with a sure touch.” — \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“There’s a precision and excitement to [Diana Athill’s] writing that makes this timeless tale — that of an illicit affair — candid, sharp, and fresh.” — \u003cem\u003eMontréal Centre-Ville\u003c\/em\u003e Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR DIANA ATHILL AND \u003cem\u003eA FLORENCE DIARY\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“What could be a casual tour of Italy describing its spoils is actually a meditation on female friendship, war, and the rebuilding of the self. It’s the ideal book for this moment in time, and she’s the ideal writer to show us what survival looks like.” — Lena Dunham\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The trip was brief, and so is the journal. But its vivid intensity and Athill’s joy at being young and alive and abroad make it perfect for travellers of any age.” — \u003cem\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In \u003cem\u003eA Florence Diary\u003c\/em\u003e, a delectable time capsule, [Athill] brings alive the liberation, luck, and drama of those heady Italian days.” — \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR DIANA ATHILL AND \u003cem\u003eSOMEWHERE TOWARDS THE END\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An honest joy to read.” — Alice Munro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“She writes as a person of wide-ranging learning, a generalist, a lover of men and animals and a garden enthusiast, a person intoxicated with life.” — Erica Jong, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Athill writes . . . with clarity, calm, and common sense.” — \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Reflections on old age, rather than on a long life lived are rare . . . It is rarer still for a woman to write such a book: so Athill’s candour and economic prose on religion, regrets, and sex are invigorating.” — \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“To readers Athill delivers far more than modest pleasure: Her easygoing prose and startling honesty are riveting, for whither she has gone many of us will go as well.” — \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“There is something terrifically comforting about a nonagenarian writing with clarity, wit, and verve about getting old and facing death . . . [Athill] evokes another grande dame of British letters in her uninhibited lifestyle and no-holds-barred, clarion voice: last year’s Nobel Prize winner, Doris Lessing.” — \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Bracingly frank . . . joyful rather than grim . . . she offers clear-eyed wisdom of the grandma-you-wish-you’d-had variety.” — \u003cem\u003ePeople\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“To paraphrase Shakespeare, wisdom is bred in neither the heart nor the head, but in the bones that carry us through the decades. A few very talented artists, like Diana Athill, may persuade their old bones to yield up a glimpse or two of what they’ve learned.” — \u003cem\u003eSalon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Athill] is bluntly unconcerned with conventional wisdom . . . Firmly resolute that no afterlife awaits her, Athill finds just enough optimism in this world to keep her reflections from slipping into morbidity — she may not offer much comfort, but it’s a bracing read.” — \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One of England’s notable book editors examines life, old age, and approaching death with astonishing candor . . . distinguished by her spare, direct prose . . . Fiercely intelligent, discomfitingly honest, and never dull.” — \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Her brilliant book is entirely lacking in the usual regrets, nostalgia, and recollections of old-timers. It is a little literary gem, penned by a marvellous, feisty old character . . . What a treasure.” — \u003cem\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[She has] a cold eye for reality and no time for sentimental lies.” — \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR DIANA ATHILL AND \u003cem\u003eMIDSUMMER NIGHT IN THE WORKHOUSE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“These stories reveal the same wry, mischievous, and essentially humane sensibility that will be familiar to readers of Athill’s memoirs.” — \u003cem\u003eTimes of London\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“These stories are small gems . . . [Athill’s] legion of admirers will be pleased.” — \u003cem\u003eMaclean’s\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Diana Athill’s] collected fiction writing from the 1950s through the 1970s is a handsome garland on a long career.” — \u003cem\u003eVogue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Athill writes . . . with clarity, calm, and common sense.” — \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Athill hopes [these stories] will give pleasure. They do; both in their own right and as a coda to a remarkable woman’s life.” —\u003cem\u003e Evening Standard\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Feisty short stories . . . [A] terrific collection.” — \u003cem\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRAISE FOR DIANA ATHILL AND \u003cem\u003eINSTEAD OF A BOOK\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“Athill is wonderful — always aware of the need to entertain and beguile her reader . . . Fascinating and surprising.” — Daisy Goodwin, \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_1":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eDon’t Look at Me Like That\u003c\/em\u003e evokes a London of rain; grimy bedsits, plush, hushed restaurants, illicitness, and despair . . . 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Don’t Look At Me Like That
Editor Diana Athill’s only novel is an unflinching look at love and betrayal through the story of a young woman finding herself in 1950s London.
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Her characters are as complex and real as your own dearest loved ones. \u003cem\u003eDual Citizens\u003c\/em\u003e is a compulsively readable novel about family, sisterhood, and those uncontrollable forces that drive and haunt us.” — Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize Jury Citation\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“Fascinating and unexpected.” — \u003cem\u003eChatelaine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“Evocative … Traces [its] characters over long arcs of time and place with equal amounts grace and wit.” — \u003cem\u003eVogue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“If storytellers seduce not just with the tale but how they tell it, then Ohlin is exemplary.” — \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“Dual Citizens deftly identifies the oddities and frailties of two women’s lives.” — \u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“Touching … Dual Citizens has a lot in common with Zadie Smith’s Swing Time and Claire Messud’s The Burning Girl.” — \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“Ohlin’s prose and insight are luminous … As with her prior novel, Inside, Ohlin is adroit at articulating her characters’ internal dialogues, and it becomes apparent to the reader as it does to both women that they are at their most harmonious when connected to each other.” — \u003cem\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“Alix Ohlin’s gorgeously understated writing brings her characters to vivid, brilliant life, especially fiercely loyal and socially awkward Lark, who felt like someone we’d love to be friends with.” — \u003cem\u003eApple Books Canada\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“Luminous … Ohlin’s touching, beautifully crafted story traces the unbreakable bond holding the sisters together, even when miles apart, through many changes.” — \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“[\u003cem\u003eDual Citizens\u003c\/em\u003e] is a lovely, deeply moving work. A lyrical account of the lives of two women, their failures and hopes, and ultimately their quiet redemption … [Ohlin] asks smart, complicated questions not only about family, but also about the nature of narrative itself — whether in literature or in film — about the difference between artifice and truth and the meaning of nostalgia.” — \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“[An] engrossing, intricate tale … Ohlin smartly chooses a broad scope and expertly weaves disparate lives into a singular thread, making for an exceptional depiction of the bond between sisters.” — \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“The potential, the striving, the would-be, the decidedly not, the reluctant, the accidental, the planned, the step, the embittered, the proud, the crazy, the painfully sane, the sorrowful, the joyful, financially precarious, secure, too old, too young, missed, fled: In Alix Ohlin’s books, watch out for the mothers … Ohlin’s work up to this point focused almost entirely on biological motherhood. With \u003cem\u003eDual Citizens\u003c\/em\u003e the focus shifts to more nebulous forms of female relation.” — \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“\u003cem\u003eDual Citizens\u003c\/em\u003e is a gentle and moving exploration of what bonds us to those we love and the evolving strength or tenuousness of those bonds.” — \u003cem\u003eSewanee Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“I hesitate to call \u003cem\u003eDual Citizens\u003c\/em\u003e Alix Ohlin’s best book — because her previous ones are among my favourite recent works of fiction — but it’s perhaps her most entrancing. A spellbinding fever dream of a tale that will leave you forever changed, and will surely earn Ohlin a place among the greatest writers of our generation. I loved it.” — Joanna Rakoff, author of \u003cem\u003eMy Salinger Year\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“Ohlin’s story of sisters wraps its tendrils deep as any family. Dual Citizens leads a reader through landscapes of compassion and crisis in this deeply felt, iridescent novel of the spells and surprises a sibling creates.” — Samantha Hunt, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Dark Dark\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“There’s so much life in this novel! Alix Ohlin is such an effortless, absorbing stylist, and with \u003cem\u003eDual Citizens\u003c\/em\u003e she has given us a story about family and sacrifice that will give readers a great deal to consider. It’s a wonderful book that you will want to share.” — Owen King, author of \u003cem\u003eDouble Feature\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“For longtime admirers of Alix Ohlin’s fiction, the psychological complexity and keen observations in this novel will come as no surprise. In \u003cem\u003eDual Citizens\u003c\/em\u003e, Ohlin examines the conflicting desires of two sisters from Montreal with a riveting precision reminiscent of fellow Montreal native Mavis Gallant. However, unlike Gallant’s Montreal girls, Ohlin’s are not of a generation ‘trained to be good and patient’ but to follow their ambitions. A lifelong witness to one’s shifting longings, this wise and luminous novel shows, is a sibling.” — Idra Novey, author of \u003cem\u003eThose Who Knew\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“Alix Ohlin is a thrilling and singular writer who intimately captures and celebrates a lifetime of desires, disappointments, and everyday triumphs in these two sisters’ lives. I couldn’t stop thinking about it: \u003cem\u003eDual Citizens\u003c\/em\u003e will take up residency in your mind and heart for quite some time.” — Jennifer Gilmore, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Mothers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e“This novel sneaks up on you the way life does — full of chance and yearning. It’s a precise, subtle, sad, and graceful story about how we care for each other, and how we try to, and how we fail.” — Jia Tolentino, author of \u003cem\u003eTrick Mirror\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR ALIX OHLIN AND \u003cem\u003eINSIDE\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e Finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize\u003cbr\/\u003e Finalist for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize \u003cbr\/\u003e An Amazon.ca Best Books: Editors’ Picks \u003cbr\/\u003e An Amazon.ca Best Books: Top 10 Canadian Fiction \u003cbr\/\u003e A \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e Top 100 Book \u003cbr\/\u003e A \u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026 Quire\u003c\/em\u003e Books of the Year \u003cbr\/\u003e An Oprah's Book Club Summer Reading Pick \u003cbr\/\u003e An iTunes Store Best Book of 2012\u003cbr\/\u003e A Heather’s Pick\u003cbr\/\u003e “Vividly pictorial … Ohlin has as unsettling an old soul as Leonard Cohen’s.” — \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e “A superb second novel … next to brilliant phrases and scenes of laugh-eliciting satiric jabs, there are brutal, heartbreaking circumstances.” — \u003cem\u003eNational Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e “Can any of us really save another person? Or is each of us solely responsible for his or her own life? That’s the question lurking behind Alix Ohlin’s astute novel.” — \u003cem\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e\u003cbr\/\u003e “A skillful storyteller … attractively quick-witted and wry.” — J. M. 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Dual Citizens
An intimate and compelling novel about motherhood, love and the search for belonging, and what it means to be a sister.
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The subversive tale of two guilt-ridden young men caught in the grip of the North American Protestant ethic, with its emotional and sexual torments.
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And then there’s the Price’s aging cat, Small Frank, who Frances believes houses the spirit of her late husband, an infamously immoral litigator and world-class cad whose gruesome tabloid death rendered Frances and Malcolm social outcasts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePutting penury and pariahdom behind them, the family decides to cut their losses and head for the exit. One ocean voyage later, the curious trio land in their beloved Paris, the City of Light serving as a backdrop not for love or romance, but self-destruction and economic ruin — to riotous effect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003eBrimming with pathos and wit, \u003cem\u003eFrench Exit\u003c\/em\u003e is a one-of-a-kind “tragedy of manners,” a riotous send-up of high society, as well as a moving mother and son caper which only Patrick deWitt could conceive and execute. 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It strikes postures where a more conventional writer would have been sincere and humourless. Its subjects are effrontery, wealth, death, and bad manners. Many of the greatest novels are about nothing so very important, and they last because they are done beautifully. \u003cem\u003eFrench Exit\u003c\/em\u003e shows Patrick deWitt’s literary mastery and perfect ear. It’s an immaculate performance on ice, executed with sharp shining blades, lutzing and pirouetting above unknowable black depths.” — Scotiabank Giller Prize Jury Citation\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“A sparkling dark comedy that channels both Noel Coward’s wit and Wes Anderson’s loopy sensibility. DeWitt’s tone is breezy, droll, and blithely transgressive … These are people you may not want to invite to dinner, but they sure make for fun reading.” — \u003cem\u003eNPR\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“A cross between a Feydeau farce (fitting, given that the location of most of the novel is Paris) and a Buñuel film, as one after another in an eccentric cast of characters is introduced … DeWitt is in possession of a fresh, lively voice that surprises at every turn.” — Kate Atkinson, \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“Hilarious … Delightful … In his book, as in [Edith] Wharton’s, New Yorkers’ wit and elaborate manners cannot hide the searing depth of their pain … DeWitt is aiming for farce and to say something about characters who cannot get out of their own way, and he achieves both with élan.” — \u003cem\u003eMinneapolis Star Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“My favourite book of his yet. The dialogue is dizzyingly good, the world so fresh. A triumph from a writer truly in the zone.” — Maria Semple, author of \u003cem\u003eToday Will Be Different\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“In \u003cem\u003eFrench Exit\u003c\/em\u003e, deWitt’s dialogue snaps, as always … A fun read from a writer who ever-more establishes himself as one of this country’s most distinct voices in fiction.” — \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“\u003cem\u003eFrench Exit\u003c\/em\u003e satisfies with its delightful economy. Barely a word is out of place, and the dialogue is particularly arch and ironic … One hears echoes in \u003cem\u003eFrench Exit\u003c\/em\u003e of playwrights Noël Coward and Oscar Wilde, not to mention novelists Evelyn Waugh and Edith Wharton.” — \u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“[DeWitt] gives the story here all the requisite notes of humour and grace, turning the tale of two unsympathetic victims of affluenza into a cosy comedy about the importance of family, love and money, not in that order.” — \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“DeWitt’s surrealism is cheerful and matter-of-fact, making the novel feel as buoyantly insane as its characters.” — \u003cem\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“Within a few sentences, the comic brilliance that sparked deWitt’s earlier adventures ignites this ‘tragedy of manners.’” — \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“Disarmingly funny … Billed as a ‘tragedy of manners,’ \u003cem\u003eFrench Exit\u003c\/em\u003e is deWitt’s take on a form of theatre popularized over the centuries (but dating back to the ancient Greeks) by such luminaries as Molière, Oliver Goldsmith, Oscar Wilde, and Noel Coward — with deWitt’s snappy yet droll version most closely resembling the latter two. A traditional comedy of manners employs an abundance of wit and insouciance to skewer the deplorable aspects of high society — and the prevalence of appearance over substance in particular. DeWitt’s absolute mastery over this approach is a thing of beauty: every nuance, scene, character, and snippet of dialogue is pitch perfect … \u003cem\u003eFrench Exit\u003c\/em\u003e includes multiple layers of meaning and social commentary, wrapped up in a whip-smart package that cracks with wit and wordplay … DeWitt proves that while \u003cem\u003eThe Sisters Brothers\u003c\/em\u003e may have made his name as an author, it was far from a singular success.” — \u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026 Quire\u003c\/em\u003e, STARRED REVIEW\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“Sharply observed moments give deWitt’s well-written novel more depth than the usual comedy of manners — a depth reinforced by the exit that closes the tale, sharp object and all. Reminiscent at points of The Ginger Man but in the end a bright, original yarn with a surprising twist.” — \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“Darkly comic, perfectly brilliant … Let deWitt take you along on this dizzying, wild ride; you’ll love every second of it, and then hop back to the beginning for another go. It’s worth the trip.” — \u003cem\u003eNylon Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“[DeWitt] is a masterful storyteller who propels narrative with witty, weird vignettes and digressions.” — \u003cem\u003eLiterary Review of Canada\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“A thrilling madcap caper anchored by memorable characters, emotional depth, and forensically sharp writing.” — Hannah Rothschild, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Improbability of Love\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“\u003cem\u003eFrench Exit\u003c\/em\u003e made me so happy — I feel as if I have downed a third martini, stayed up past sunrise, and still woken up refreshed. Brilliant, addictive, funny, and wise, deWitt’s latest has enough charm to last you long after you’ve put it down, which is what so many of us need in a book. I think you need it, too.” — Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003cem\u003eLess\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“Patrick deWitt has taken all of what I usually expect and want from a story, misted it in Chanel No. 5, and set to it an immeasurably classy lighter. Love it.” — Natasha Pulley, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Watchmaker of Filigree Street\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“The first time I read \u003cem\u003eFrench Exit\u003c\/em\u003e, I raced through, impatient to know the fates of its characters. Then I turned back to page one to enjoy Patrick deWitt’s understated satire and casually brutal wit” — Nell Zink, author of \u003cem\u003eMislaid\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“DeWitt’s particular comic genius is to evoke the darkness behind the dazzle. The novel is a brittle, unsettling delight: a fairground ride swooping above vertiginous drops, wringing out laughter and screams as it rattles towards its conclusion. Whichever style he adopts or genre he inhabits, deWitt remains a true original.” — \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“A highly enjoyable read … DeWitt’s style is nothing if not idiosyncratic, and his elevated language — played for particular comic effect when it comes to dialogue — is perfectly suited to affectionately chiding upper-class mores. And the tenderness between Frances, her son, and her old friend Joan is of the real stuff.” — \u003cem\u003eEsquire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“Darkly funny.” — \u003cem\u003eZoomer\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“This excellent setup — as odd as you’d expect from deWitt — has much dark humour and ultimately, terrible tragedy.” — \u003cem\u003ePenticton Western News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“Patrick deWitt’s latest novel, \u003cem\u003eFrench Exit\u003c\/em\u003e, once again delivers the same dark and witty humour that he has expertly sewn into all of his previous works.” — \u003cem\u003eModern Mississauga\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“\u003cem\u003eFrench Exit\u003c\/em\u003e has been shortlisted for the Giller Prize, and it’s certainly well-deserved. Underneath deWitt’s witty, sassy prose lies a striking and biting critique of familial relationships, society and class. It’s a perfect mix of dark sardonic humour and carefree antics with a little existential angst thrown in.” — \u003cem\u003eVancouver Province\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“A tragic and witty send-up of high society.” — \u003cem\u003eSun Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR PATRICK DEWITT AND \u003cem\u003eUNDERMAJORDOMO MINOR\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003eLonglist, Scotiabank Giller Prize\u003cbr \/\u003eA \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e Top 100 Book\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cem\u003e Globe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e’s Jared Bland’s Top 5 Favourite Book of the Year\u003cbr \/\u003eA \u003cem\u003eNational Post\u003c\/em\u003e Top 99 Book\u003cbr \/\u003eA \u003cem\u003eTimes\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003cbr \/\u003eA CBC Book of the Year\u003cbr \/\u003eAn Indigo Best Book of 2015\u003cbr \/\u003eAn Amazon.ca Best Book\u003cbr \/\u003eAn Amazon.ca Editors’ Best Book\u003cbr \/\u003eA \u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026 Quire\u003c\/em\u003e Notable Book of the Year\u003cbr \/\u003eAn \u003cem\u003eEdmonton Journal\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book\u003cbr \/\u003eA Kobo Best Book of the Year\u003cbr \/\u003eA 49th Shelf Best of 2015\u003cbr \/\u003eNational Bestseller\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“\u003cem\u003eUndermajordomo Minor\u003c\/em\u003e not only salutes the literature of a bygone era but fully inhabits it, and the result is a novel that offers the same delights as the fair talks and adventure stories it takes on.” — \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Book Review\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“Page by page, the book is often a hoot, brimming with winningly quirky characters operating by their own twisted fairy-tale logic.” — \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“[In \u003cem\u003eUndermajordomo Minor\u003c\/em\u003e], geography and era are purposely abstracted. Where we are, when we are, or why we’re there are all afterthoughts. What matters is Mr. deWitt’s imagination, which is a forceful train that ignores the usual tracks.” — \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“The Canadian writer Patrick deWitt has nerve … deWitt’s characters are never either truly good or fully bad. Instead, and more interestingly, they are specimens of flawed but game humanity, baffled souls struggling in a Petri dish, oddly touching to watch … deWitt conjures and populates a universe on his terms. This is the territory of the Brothers Grimm, as seen through the skewed lens of Wes Anderson or Monty Python … And why shouldn't that work? It works.” — \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“Eerily precise … deWitt is a true original, conjuring up dark and hilarious images. This is a bizarre, darkly funny, passionate book … It is a story about love, discovery and fantasy for it s own sake, a real storyteller’s tale.” — \u003cem\u003eThe Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“’I don’t subscribe to amusements, Lucy. Laughter is the basest sound a body can make, in my opinion,’ says the valet … As I read the book, I more than once made the sound the valet finds so base and unpleasant.” — \u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“With its blend of fantasy and gothic romance, \u003cem\u003eUndermajordomo Minor\u003c\/em\u003e sounded unlikely to enchant a literalist like me. How wrong I was. From its pitch-perfect opening onwards, it's clear from the unusual atmosphere and droll narration that deWitt has created a unique fictional universe … The challenge for the reader is to resist the temptation to devour a novel which should be savoured.” — \u003cem\u003eIndependent\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“Compulsively readable sentences, oscillating between the prosaic and the lyrical, the modern and the arcane.” — \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“This novel is compulsively readable. DeWitt’s facility with point of view and narrative style is astounding …\u003cem\u003eUndermajordomo Minor\u003c\/em\u003e has been engineered by a master craftsman. The pacing is superb and, as I read, I kept thinking how grateful I am to writers who can make me laugh.” — \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“\u003cem\u003eUndermajordomo Minor\u003c\/em\u003e creates its own earthy kind of magic … it’s a wonderful novel that is sure to capture the imagination of many readers and awards committees.” — \u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“But the ceaseless, sparkling wit and originality of his latest … proves the indomitable deWitt can’t be undone by a few trophies; in fact by delving deeper into the absurd, he arguably takes bigger risk.” — \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“In his previous novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Sisters Brothers\u003c\/em\u003e, deWitt discovered brutal humanity and coal-black humour behind the façade of a recognizable genre, and now he’d done it again. \u003cem\u003eUndermajordomo Minor\u003c\/em\u003e bursts with exchanges begging to be read aloud in the village square.” — \u003cem\u003eEsquire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“In his delightful and dark new novel, Booker nominee deWitt brings his amusingly off-kilter vision to a European folk tale … DeWitt uses familiar tropes to lull the reader into a false sense of grounding, delivering with abundant good humor a fully realized, consistently surprising, and thoroughly amusing tale of longing, love, madness, and mirth.” — \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e, (Starred Review)\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“DeWitt takes full advantage of the way his fairy-tale setting allows him to present outlandish events in the deadpan manner also exploited by Salman Rushdie in his new novel. \u003cem\u003eTwo Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eUndermajordomo Minor\u003c\/em\u003e are also bookends of a sort — the one resting on the Eastern fairy tale tradition (\u003cem\u003e1,001 Arabian Nights\u003c\/em\u003e) and the Western (the Brothers Grimm) — and both have abrupt transitions of what Rushdie described as the ‘pumpkins turn into carriages’ sort … it is that unsettling modern sensibility that lies at the heart of deWitt’s appeal as a writer. It’s often hard to like his intensely self-absorbed characters, and even harder not to care what becomes of them.” — \u003cem\u003eMaclean’s\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“Hilarious … The world deWitt gives us is generous, and the protagonist is someone we’re happy to follow. The novel proposes somewhat gently that the pursuit of a painful thing might just be the point, rather than the moment the quest is over — and deWitt illustrates that sweetly. The trip then might be enough for us: funny, sad, violent and illuminated by a minor light.” — \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR PATRICK DEWITT AND \u003cem\u003eTHE SISTERS BROTHERS\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003eGovernor General’s Literary Award Winner\u003cbr \/\u003eRogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize Winner\u003cbr \/\u003eStephen Leacock Memorial Medal Winner\u003cbr \/\u003eCanadian Booksellers Association Libris Award: Fiction Book of the Year Winner\u003cbr \/\u003ePacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award Winner\u003cbr \/\u003eOregon Book Awards: Ken Kesey Award for Fiction Winner\u003cbr \/\u003eMan Booker Prize for Fiction Finalist\u003cbr \/\u003eScotiabank Giller Prize Finalist\u003cbr \/\u003eCBC Bookie Awards: Literary Fiction Finalist\u003cbr \/\u003eWalter Scott Prize Finalist\u003cbr \/\u003eCBA Libris Award: Author of the Year Finalist\u003cbr \/\u003eGOOGLE PLAY™ International Author of the Year Finalist\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e Top 100 Book\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book\u003cbr \/\u003eAmazon.ca Best Books: Editors’ Pick\u003cbr \/\u003eAmazon.ca Best Books: Canadian Fiction\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuill \u0026 Quire\u003c\/em\u003e Book of the Year\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e Reviewers’ Top 100 Books\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cem\u003e Maclean’s Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e Best Books\u003cbr \/\u003eNamed One of Canada’s Best Writers by the \u003cem\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Sisters Brothers\u003c\/em\u003e is a bold, original, and powerfully compelling work, grounded in well-drawn characters and a firm hold on narrative. When they say, ‘They don’t write ’em like that anymore,’ they’re wrong.” — \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Sisters Brothers\u003c\/em\u003e confirms Patrick deWitt as one of the most talented young writers around.” — \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“A powerfully realized work of narrative fiction … the dialogue is sharp as a whip … the novel works artfully within its formal boundaries to explore the nature of brotherhood, work, love, greed, loneliness, and personal renewal.” — \u003cem\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“Weirdly funny, startlingly violent, and steeped in sadness … It’s all rendered irresistible by Eli Sisters, who narrates with a mixture of melancholy and thoughtfulness … After capturing the fireside camps and saloons in perfectly drawn vignettes, deWitt strips these two lethal brothers of more than they ever thought a man could lose. And then, damned if he doesn’t surprise us again with a twilight scene that’s just miraculously lovely.” — \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“There never was a more engaging pair of psychopaths than Charlie and Eli Sisters … So subtle is deWitt’s prose, so slyly note-perfect his rendition of Eli’s voice in all its earnestly charming nineteenth-century syntax, and so compulsively readable his bleakly funny Western noir story, that readers will stick by Eli even as he grinds his heel into the shattered skull of an already dead prospector.” — \u003cem\u003eMaclean’s\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“Fresh, hilariously anti-heroic, often genuinely chilling, and relentlessly compelling. Yes, this is a mighty fine read, and deWitt a mighty fine writer.” — \u003cem\u003eNational Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“Okay, so it does take a Canadian to write a truly great Western novel of daunting, surrealist panache and rooted in unwavering empathy — and that just about sums up the dark, profound achievement which is \u003cem\u003eThe Sisters Brothers\u003c\/em\u003e.” — \u003cem\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRAISE FOR PATRICK DEWITT AND \u003cem\u003eABLUTIONS\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“DeWitt delves deeply and unflinchingly into an addict’s mind, bearing witness to what happens to a man as a drug renders him inhuman … \u003cem\u003eAblutions\u003c\/em\u003e has achieved something remarkable.” — \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“A brilliant inside view of addiction.” — \u003cem\u003eTimes\u003c\/em\u003e (London)\u003cbr \/\u003e\u003cbr \/\u003e“A brief, intense, and carefully sustained piece of writing about the blurry edges of existence, shot through with remarkable lucidity. 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A brilliant and darkly comic novel about a wealthy widow and her adult son who flee New York for Paris in the wake of scandal and financial ruin.
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Help Me, Jacques Cousteau
Gil Adamson, author of Ridgerunner, weaves an utterly original tale of an extraordinary family with a knack for eccentric behaviour.
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Holding Still For As Long As Possible
A dazzling portrait of twenty-somethings who grew up on text-messaging and the war on terror.
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For all its inventiveness, there is an old-fashioned integrity, an attention to thought in the prose, resulting in unusual and sharp-eyed observations . . . we are treated to some truly profound ruminations on what it means to be an artist in our indifferent era.","OtherText_Review_5_Auth":"Esi Edugyan","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Literary Review of Canada","OtherText_Review_6":"From pithy quotables ('Night fell, but then, there are always holes to fall into,') to the oddly profound ('If now in some ways I drink too much, it's not that I lack a reverence for the world'), this is a novel that rewards reading, sitting with, and rereading.","OtherText_Review_6_Auth":"Lauren Elkin","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Quarterly Conversation","OtherText_Review_7":"Original, contemplative, and often tangential, this is an unorthodox compilation of colorful characters, friendship, and sex that provides an unusual answer to Heti’s question.","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"Publishers Weekly","OtherText_Review_8":"Part confessional, part play, part novel, and more -- it's one wild ride. 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How Should a Person Be?
A brilliant portrayal of finding a beautiful life by one of Canada's most exciting literary talents.
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Now her crystalline French has been deftly and beautifully rendered into English by Wayne Grady: ‘I’m a grain of salt on the tongue of the earth. I dissolve in the mouths of the mountains of Sinai.’ This is a richly imagined, vitally important book.” — Steven Heighton, Governor General’s Literary Award–winning author of \u003cem\u003eThe Waking Comes Late\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“By remaining in the liminal space of coma, \u003cem\u003eI Am Ariel Sharon\u003c\/em\u003e avoids partisan and political blind spots and addresses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a perspective that history and analysis all-too-often tend to exclude: the humanity of a man, with all the horror and the light it encompasses. 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I Am Ariel Sharon
I Am Ariel Sharon dives into the tortured mind of the controversial Israeli prime minister as he lies comatose and faces an ultimate reckoning.
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Kamouraska
A classic of Canadian literature by the great Québécoise writer, Kamouraska is based on a real nineteenth-century love-triangle in rural Quebec.
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Everything I’ve put aside, thinking it doesn’t mean anything, is actually because I am a woman. I realized how unfair it has been all this time.” — Sooyoung, member of K-pop group Girls’ Generation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A sensation when it appeared in South Korea in 2016, this novel recounts, in the dispassionate language of a case history, the descent into madness of a young wife and mother — a Korean Everywoman whose plight illuminates the effects of a sexist society.” — \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A cultural call to arms … Like Bong Joon Ho’s Academy Award–winning film \u003cem\u003eParasite\u003c\/em\u003e, which unleashed a debate about class disparities in South Korea, Cho’s novel was treated as a social treatise as much as a work of art.” — \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This novel is about the banality of the evil that is systemic misogyny … Upon its publication in South Korea in 2016, the book, which sold more than a million copies, had an \u003cem\u003eUncle Tom’s Cabin\u003c\/em\u003e effect, propelling a feminist wave. It’s easy to see why.” — \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“As she unveils the lifetime of misogyny her protagonist has faced in South Korea, Cho Nam-Joo points to a universal dialogue around discrimination, hopelessness, and fear.” — \u003cem\u003eTime \u003c\/em\u003eMagazine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Cho’s novel became a rallying cry for South Korean women … While Cho’s focus is on South Korean culture, the normalisation of violence and harassment in the book seems all too familiar.” — \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Cho Nam-joo’s third novel has been hailed as giving voice to the unheard everywoman … [\u003cem\u003eKim Jiyoung\u003c\/em\u003e]has become both a touchstone for a conversation around feminism and gender and a lightning rod for anti-feminists who view the book as inciting misandry … [The book] has touched a nerve globally … The character of Kim Jiyoung can be seen as a sort of sacrifice: a protagonist who is broken in order to open up a channel for collective rage. Along with other socially critical narratives to come out of Korea, such as Bong Joon-ho’s Oscar-winning film, \u003cem\u003eParasite\u003c\/em\u003e, her story could change the bigger one.” — \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Cho Nam-joo] pulls no punches in her delineation of cultural misogyny … The author’s particular achievement is in blending political and stylistic concerns in a cool tone carefully captured in Jamie Chang’s translation … Cho’s moving, witty, and powerful novel forces us to face our reality, in which one woman is seen, pretty much, as interchangeable with any other.” — \u003cem\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/em\u003e (U.K.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The novel’s virtue lies in its broad social impact … To read the book is to imagine being a restive, aggrieved millennial and to trace [Kim Jiyoung’s] path through everyday misogyny.” — \u003cem\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eKim Jiyoung, Born 1982\u003c\/em\u003e has much in common with Han Kang’s\u003cem\u003eThe Vegetarian\u003c\/em\u003e.” — \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A clear-eyed look at damage done.” — \u003cem\u003eStraits Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In this fine — and beautifully translated — biography of a fictional Korean woman, we encounter the real experiences of many women around the world.” — \u003cem\u003eSpectator \u003c\/em\u003e(U.K.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This tale has immediate resonance … Cho’s matter-of-fact delivery underscores the pervasive gender imbalance, while just containing the empathic rage.” — \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e, STARRED REVIEW\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The book was fresh and shocking to me. It traces the life cycle of an ordinary, typical woman from her school days and working life to marriage and childbirth. At the same time, it shows the history of the women’s policies in Korea.” — Lee Myung-sun, President of the Korean Women’s Development Institute\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I loved this novel. Kim Jiyoung’s life is made to seem at once totally commonplace, and nightmarishly over-the-top. As you read, you constantly feel that revolutionary, electric shift, between commonplace and nightmarish. This kind of imaginative work is so important and so powerful. I hope this book sells a million more copies.” — Elif Batuman, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Idiot\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Written with unbearably clear-sighted perspective, \u003cem\u003eKim Jiyoung, Born 1982\u003c\/em\u003e possesses the urgency and immediacy of the scariest horror thriller — except that this is not technically horror, but something closer to reportage. I broke out in a sweat reading this book.” — Ling Ma, author of\u003cem\u003e Severance\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This book writes about the life of a woman living in Korea: the despair of an ordinary woman, which she experiences without complaint. The fact that it’s not about ‘someone special’ is extremely shocking, but also highly relatable.” — Sayaka Murata, author of \u003cem\u003eConvenience Store Woman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The book constantly resonated with me — it would be better to say that there’s nothing we don’t know about the book than there are things we do know.” — Mieko Kawakami, Akutagawa Prize–winning writer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A fierce and powerful look at modern-day Korean society through the lens of a refreshingly new protagonist. Born in 1982, Kim Jiyoung wins us over with her tolerance and strength. She is every one of us who has been invisible.” — Weike Wang, author of \u003cem\u003eChemistry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“What any woman might have experienced at least once in her life is calmly portrayed in every two or three pages of the book. The small and big injustices and irregularities — it’s a curse only women are subjected to … The writer of the novel is — or was — exhausted in Korea, for the same reason as I am. The woman who, just like me, bears all the struggles for nothing. Just learning about this alone is enough to make the book a worthwhile read.” — Amamiya Karin, author of \u003cem\u003eAngry Seoul\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It is strange that tears welled up in my eyes because this story is not at all unfamiliar to me. It is my story and also that of innumerable women of the same generation who grew up under subtle discrimination and violence.” —Choe Jieun, journalist, \u003cem\u003eIZE Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The argument that this is a must-read book for Koreans didn’t sound hollow to me because as I was reading the book, I could understand a little what it is like to live as a woman in Korea.” —Jeong Hyeongmo, culture editor, \u003cem\u003eJoongAng Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“What’s exceptional about this book is how unexceptional its main character is: she is living the typical life of a Korean woman. It’s a testimony of subtle hardship and everyday discrimination. You’ll probably see something you recognize in there too.” — \u003cem\u003eLitHub\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[A] spirited debut … The brutal, bleak conclusion demonstrates Cho’s mastery of irony. This will stir readers to consider the myriad factors that diminish women’s rights throughout the world.” –– \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The book’s strength lies in how succinctly Cho captures the relentless buildup of sexism and gender discrimination over the course of one woman’s life … The story perfectly captures misogynies large and small that will be recognizable to many.” — \u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Cho deploys a formal, almost clinical prose style that subtly but effectively reinforces the challenges Korean women like Jiyoung endure throughout their lives in multiple contexts — familial, educational, and work-related … \u003cem\u003eKim Jiyoung \u003c\/em\u003eeffectively communicates the realities Korean women face, especially discrimination in the workplace, rampant sexual harassment, and the nearly impossible challenge of balancing motherhood with career aspirations.” — \u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Uncompromising and powerful, [\u003cem\u003eKim Jiyoung, Born 1982\u003c\/em\u003e] shows hidden misogyny in sharp relief.” — \u003cem\u003eBookseller\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Though she’s a fictional character, Kim Jiyoung is a symbolic figure in Korea. It seems her status will be even more elevated as novel \u003cem\u003eKim Jiyoung, Born 1982\u003c\/em\u003e recently became a million seller.” — \u003cem\u003eKorea Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Not only a riveting read, but a mirror to society that is daring enough to portray us as faceless as we truly are.” — \u003cem\u003eKorean Literature Now\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It has touched the hearts of readers of diverse backgrounds across Korea for its subtleness. Rather than depicting extreme situations for the sake of the plot, the book calmly describes common experiences that happen in the everyday lives of Korean women — things that have always been there, but have never been thought of as problematic until recently.” — \u003cem\u003eKorea Joon Gang Daily\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Irene, a member of the girl group Red Velvet, faced an online backlash after she told a fan that she’d been reading \u003cem\u003eKim Jiyoung, Born 1982\u003c\/em\u003e, a book that quietly chronicles all the small ways women experience being ‘less than’ in Korea … [and] illustrates the injustices faced by Korean women.” — \u003cem\u003eQuartz Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Published without fanfare … the book sales rose steeply through word of mouth, and now it is the best-selling fiction. It is used as teaching material for some universities’ sociology courses, and Roh Hoe-chan, the floor leader of the Justice Party, gave the book as a gift to President Moon Jae-in … \u003cem\u003eKim Jiyoung, Born 1982\u003c\/em\u003e became a social phenomenon.” —\u003cem\u003eHankook Ilbo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eKim Jiyoung, Born 1982\u003c\/em\u003e is an issues-driven novel … It was also the most talked about book in the spring of 2017.” —\u003cem\u003eChosun Pub\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Chilling.” — \u003cem\u003eDomino \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Compelling … A sharp punch.” — \u003cem\u003eTimes of London\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[\u003cem\u003eKim Jiyoung, Born 1982\u003c\/em\u003e’s] debut in North America was highly anticipated, and now that I’ve read this slim novel, I see what all the fuss was about.” — \u003cem\u003eI’ve Read This\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Quote_from_review_0":"Cho’s novel became a rallying cry for South Korean women . . . While Cho’s focus is on South Korean culture, the normalisation of violence and harassment in the book seems all too familiar.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_1":"The novel’s virtue lies in its broad social impact . . . To read the book is to imagine being a restive, aggrieved millennial and to trace [Kim Jiyoung’s] path through everyday misogyny.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_2":"This tale has immediate resonance . . . Cho’s matter-of-fact delivery underscores the pervasive gender imbalance, while just containing the empathic rage.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_3":"This tale has immediate resonance . . . Cho’s matter-of-fact delivery underscores the pervasive gender imbalance, while just containing the empathic rage.","OtherText_Quote_from_review_4":"This novel is about the banality of the evil that is systemic misogyny . . . Upon its publication in South Korea in 2016, the book, which sold more than a million copies, had an Uncle Tom’s Cabin effect, propelling a feminist wave. It’s easy to see why.","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"A bestseller that has sold over one million copies internationally and the most important book to have come out of South Korea since The Vegetarian.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Long-listed","PrizeCodeText_1":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"05","PrizeCode_1":"03","PrizeName_0":"National Book Award for Translated Literature","PrizeName_1":"A LitHub Most Anticipated Book of 2020","PrizeYear_0":"2020","PrizeYear_1":"2020","ProductFormDescription":"trade paperback","PublicationDate":"2020-04-14","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"A bestseller that has sold over one million copies internationally and the most important book to have come out of South Korea since The Vegetarian.","Width":"5.5","WidthCode":"in"}
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
A bestseller that has sold over one million copies internationally and the most important book to have come out of South Korea since The Vegetarian.
