Description:
Felicia Mihali's début novel in French was compared with Une saison dans la vie d'Emmanuel by celebrated Quebec author Marie-Claire Blais. The English version, A Ramshackle Home, will enable English readers to savour the subtlety and grace of Mihali's writing.
Brief description:
Born and educated in Romania, Felicia Mihali studied French, Mandarin and Dutch, and specialized in history and comparative literature at Université de Montréal. Since the publication of her highly acclaimed novel Le Pays du fromage (XYZ, 2002), she has written seven books in French and three in English, including The Darling of Kandahar (LLP, 2012), which was selected by Canada Reads as one of the best books of 2013. Founder and president of éditions Hashtag, she lives in Montreal.