Description: Originally published in 2001, the second volume in Blais' prize-winning Soifs series has been hailed as one of the greatest undertakings in modern Quebec fiction. Powered by its characters' gripping exploration of the world's dark corners, the novel is a teeming microcosm in which boundaries collapse and the extremes and contradictions that animate our times are reconciled.
Brief description: Nigel Spencer is Marie-Claire Blais' longtime translator and a three-time Governor General's Literary Award winner. He lives in Montreal, Quebec.
Review Quotes:
"Blais is a writer attuned -- there should be a stronger word -- to our times . . . Readers will be stunned and startled by Blais' prose. Her characters, each an international mix of intellect, passion, and problems, are constructed with wisdom and compassion." -- Quill and Quire