Description: "First published in English in 1997 by House of Anansi Press Limited"--Title page verso.
Brief description: Sheila Fischman is the translator of more than 150 novels. She has been awarded numerous prizes, including the Governor General's Literary Award for Translation, the Canada Council Translation Prize, and the Molson Prize for the Arts. She lives in Montreal.
Review Quotes:
"Marie-Claire Blais's best, and without a doubt, the richest and most impressive tableau d'époque I have read in a long time . . . Blais has modestly, generously, written The Divine Comedy of our time." -- Le Devoir