Description:
Éléonore in three phases: twelve weeks in Corsica, twelve days in Andalusia, twelve hours in Montreal. Don Juan in three incarnations: in Corsica, he's Clément, a ladies' man who's fading fast; in Andalusia, he's Don Miguel Mañara, who dreamed of seducing a thousand and two women; in Montreal, he's Byron and his last unfinished poem. Love, its truth and its lies. Life and death hovering over us.
Brief description:
Hélène Rioux has published poetry, short stories, translations, and novels popular both in France and Quebec. She received the Prix France-Québec and the Prix Ringuet de l'Académie des Lettres du Québec for Mercredi soir au Bout du monde (translated by Jonathan Kaplansky as Wednesday Night at the End of the World). She has been a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award six times.