2009
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4 days ago · Short-listed for the 2004 Governor General's Award for Translation (French to English), winner of the 2002 Prix Anne-Hebert, of the 2002 Prix Odyssee for best first novel and of the 2001Prix France-Quebec/Jean Hamelin.
- Denis Thériault
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Sep 7, 2024 · It’s September, which means it’s officially Spinster September! It’s the brainchild of Nora (@pear.jelly on Instagram) and it’s a celebration of all the wonderful spinsters of literature.
Sep 10, 2024 · Get FREE shipping on The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman by Denis Thériault (author), Liedewy Hawke (translator), from wordery.com. *Selected for Simon Mayo&;s BBC Radio 2 Book Club*
Sep 10, 2024 · One of the things I love about my book group is how varied our book choices are – not just the latest hit novels, but ranging back over a century and more. Somebody suggested we read some Penelope Lively (she was a local, after all) and we landed on her second novel, Treasures of Time (1979).
Sep 12, 2024 · The Stone Diaries follows the life of a fairly ordinary Canadian woman from birth through to her death as an octogenarian. The sections are called things like ‘childhood’, ‘marriage’, ‘motherhood’ and so on. Daisy falls in love (not necessarily with the man she marries); she has friends, acquaintances, colleagues.
Sep 22, 2024 · Rich versus poor. One of the book’s strengths is its examination of the cultural divide between wealthy Westerners and the local Moroccan people scrabbling to make a living. Occasionally, this comes across as patronising, but I think this is David’s viewpoint rather than the author’s personal take. Could anyone really imagine their lives?
