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Roch Carrier's La Guerre Trilogy
Roch Carrier’s La Guerre trilogy is a vital, moving, and assured portrait of life in Quebec, and one of the major achievements in Quebec literature.
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Saha
The much-anticipated follow-up to the multi-million-copy selling South Korean sensation Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982.
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Seven Heavens Away
A Palestinian teenager finds his footing amid escalating violence across Jerusalem in this taut debut novel.
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Silken Gazelles
An unforgettable story of friendship, love, and the impact of childhood from the first Arabic-language winner of the Man Booker International Prize.
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Wang is a thrilling and captivating new voice in contemporary fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Accolades_3_Auth":"Lindsay Wong, author of The Woo-Woo and Tell Me Pleasant Things about Immortality","OtherText_Accolades_4":"\u003cp\u003eGhostly, fishy, and deeply moving. With sensitivity and grace, Lily Wang captures all the fleeting and contradictory feelings that come from leaving one world behind and entering another. 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Silver Repetition
A young Asian immigrant mends her fractured sense of self in this exquisite coming-of-age debut novel about family, grief, and identity.
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Some Maintenance Required
From the bestselling author of Autopsy of a Boring Wife, a tender coming-of-age story.
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Songs for Angel
Ninth in the Soifs cycle, Songs for Angel interrogates violence and hate and takes us into the soul of a white supremacist on the verge of a racist attack.
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This novel is not structured upon the familiar beats of narrative arc, and it certainly isn’t structured around conflict, though the ongoing struggles of colonialism stalk its periphery. 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An inventive exploration of Indigenous families, womanhood, and alternate post-colonial realities by a writer of Māori and Coast Salish descent.
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The Acacia Gardens
The seventh in the ten-book "Soifs" novel cycle. In The Acacia Gardens, memorable characters are confronted by an evil that lives among them and that has taken root.
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With a plot that moves from lobbyists to politicians to construction magnates, the novel gives a lively panoramic view of the state of the province today in a universal story of an ambitious young man getting ahead by any means possible.\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAWARD-WINNING TRANSLATOR:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe novel is being translated by Wayne Grady, who has won many awards for his previous French-to-English translations. 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He planned to top off his sabbatical year with a long hitchhiking trip through South America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen, towards midsummer, his uncle Raoul, who had become a partial invalid, gave Jerome his hunting equipment. As an adolescent, Jerome had gone on dozens of hunting trips with his uncle, so he was fairly familiar with guns — which, to his father, were an abomination. Jerome’s memories of those trips were filled with marvels that passing time had embellished. So, one afternoon, handling the rifles and carbines his uncle had sent him and seeing how assiduously oiled and polished they were, he was so moved that tears came to his eyes. A hunger for the hunt took hold of him and held on unrelentingly; come the night, he dreamed of going on safaris in shadowy forests in which he came face to face with herds of deer, moose, or caribou, which he would slaughter in a terrifying burst of gunfire, half blinded by the clouds of acrid smoke that made him cough and laugh at the same time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe dedicated a weekend to courses — “Arms Management” and “An Introduction to Hunting” — in order to get his permit, which he received a month later. Yet, even with it, he felt he needed to have someone experienced with him on his first adult foray into the woods. And so, in early October, he’d surfed the Internet to look for a hunting guide, came up with Donat Pimparé, and the business was settled in no time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was Pimparé who suggested they get themselves to Maniwaki.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I know it’s a bit far,” Pimparé had said, “and sure, there’ll be some expenses, but in the past five or six years I’ve found no better place for big game. I’ve never led a hunting party up there that hasn’t come back with an animal. If you don’t wanna come home empty-handed, pal, then Maniwaki’s the place to go.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFifty-eight-year-old Pimparé lived in Sorel and had accumulated a lot of experience as a guide. 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As does his sharp eye for broad but sharp description of buffoons spouting farrago and bravado, and his ear for telling declamations that immediately undercut their alleged intentions —everything we have learned to expect from the master.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“Beauchemin’s prose is amiable and fluid.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eQuill and Quire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Quill and Quire","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“A moral story of initiation, vengeance, and redemption (and just a little bit of love) . . . reminiscent of Balzac’s Lost Illusions, Flaubert’s Sentimental Education, or Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eLe Devoir\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"Le Devoir","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"Montreal student Jerome is swept up in a series of misadventures and criminal escapades in this portrait of a city infamously mired in corruption.","ProductFormDescription":"mobi","PublicationDate":"2018-09-25","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"Montreal student Jerome is swept up in a series of misadventures and criminal escapades in this portrait of a city infamously mired in corruption.","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
The Accidental Education of Jerome Lupien
Montreal student Jerome is swept up in a series of misadventures and criminal escapades in this portrait of a city infamously mired in corruption.
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Coady's writing is witty and sensitive... this is a fantastic book that shouldn't be missed.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDaily Beast\/Newsweek\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_18_Auth":"Nicholas Mancusi","OtherText_Review_18_Src":"Daily Beast\/Newsweek","OtherText_Review_19":"\u003cp\u003e“...[a] clever and sympathetic exploration of male friendship.” — \u003cstrong\u003eRon Charles, \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_19_Auth":"Ron Charles","OtherText_Review_19_Src":"Washington Post","OtherText_Review_1_Auth":"Heather Leighton","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Rover Arts","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“... thoroughly engrossing ... a breathless and frequently hilarious narrative ... one of the freshest voices in years.” — \u003cstrong\u003eZoe Whittall, \u003cem\u003eFASHION Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Zoe Whittall","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"FASHION Magazine","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“. . . a richly comic creation . . . a revealing effort in cross-gender empathy.” — \u003cstrong\u003eJoel Yanofsky, \u003cem\u003eMontreal Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Auth":"Joel Yanofsky","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Montreal Gazette","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e“A deft blend of farce, tragedy and wry social comment, The Antagonist is no mean feat.” — \u003cstrong\u003eBarbara Carey, \u003cem\u003eToronto Star\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_4_Auth":"Barbara Carey","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Toronto Star","OtherText_Review_5":"\u003cp\u003e“. . . far more complex than the hilarious one-liners that make her work so irresistible to read.” — \u003cstrong\u003eMargaret Gunning, \u003cem\u003eEdmonton Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_5_Auth":"Margaret Gunning","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Edmonton Journal","OtherText_Review_6":"\u003cp\u003e“In this coming-of-age tale, male friendships and relationships are explored in all their goofiness and complexity . . . [Lynn Coady is] one of Canada's best writers of fiction.” — \u003cstrong\u003eDana Medoro, \u003cem\u003eWinnipeg Free Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_6_Auth":"Dana Medoro","OtherText_Review_6_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_7":"\u003cp\u003e“. . . a readable, quixotic coming-of-age story, a comedy of very bad manners, and a thoughtful inquiry into the very nature of self. It’s the sort of novel -- and Coady the sort of writer -- deserving of every accolade coming to it.” — \u003cstrong\u003eRobert J. Wiersema, \u003cem\u003eNational Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_7_Auth":"Robert J. Wiersema","OtherText_Review_7_Src":"National Post","OtherText_Review_8":"\u003cp\u003e“. . . by turns angry, funny, tender and sad . . . The Antagonist is a full-bodied work of fiction.” — \u003cstrong\u003eGiles Blunt, \u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_8_Auth":"Giles Blunt","OtherText_Review_8_Src":"Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_9":"\u003cp\u003e“The Antagonist is a crafty, technically-accomplished series of meditations on subjects ranging from manhood and self-knowledge to tricky father-son relationships.” — \u003cstrong\u003eBrett Joseph Grubisic, \u003cem\u003eVancouver Sun\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_9_Auth":"Brett Joseph Grubisic","OtherText_Review_9_Src":"Vancouver Sun","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"From bestselling novelist Lynn Coady comes an unforgettable, unflinching story of a life gone wrong.","PrizeCodeText_0":"Short-listed","PrizeCodeText_1":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_2":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_3":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_4":"Commended","PrizeCodeText_5":"Winner","PrizeCodeText_6":"Commended","PrizeCode_0":"04","PrizeCode_1":"03","PrizeCode_2":"03","PrizeCode_3":"03","PrizeCode_4":"03","PrizeCode_5":"01","PrizeCode_6":"03","PrizeName_0":"Scotiabank Giller Prize","PrizeName_1":"Amazon.ca Best Books: Editors' Pick","PrizeName_2":"Amazon.ca Best Books: Canadian Fiction","PrizeName_3":"Globe and Mail Top 100 Book","PrizeName_4":"Toronto Star Reviewers' Top 100 Books","PrizeName_5":"Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction","PrizeName_6":"Washington Post Top 100 Noteable Books","PrizeYear_0":"2011","PrizeYear_1":"2011","PrizeYear_2":"2011","PrizeYear_3":"2011","PrizeYear_4":"2011","PrizeYear_5":"2012","PrizeYear_6":"2013","ProductFormDescription":"mobi","PublicationDate":"2011-08-03","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"From bestselling novelist Lynn Coady comes an unforgettable, unflinching story of a life gone wrong."}
The Antagonist
From bestselling novelist Lynn Coady comes an unforgettable, unflinching story of a life gone wrong.
