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The
Sound of Living Things
by
Élise Turcotte
Translated
by Sheila Fischman
Novel
200 pages
Trade paper, French flaps
5.5" x 8.5"
ISBN: 1896951716
$19.95
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The
Sound of Living Things
by
Élise Turcotte
Translated by
Sheila Fischman
Albanie is thirty years old. Her daughter Maria is four. The two
are on their own. They are given the rare freedom to pursue a life
of the imagination, by virtue of Albanie's job. She works at the
local library. Out of the passing of days, the flow of words, the
aspects of life they explore together, a love story unlike any other
is woven between Albanie and Maria — one that enables them
to feel and hear "the sound of living things.
“This beautiful book is traversed by a kind of love that curves
sentences in such a way that they go right to the heart and from
there slowly make their way into our thoughts. Reading Élise
Turcotte is not only a pleasure but a way to connect with one of
the best writers of a new generation in Québec.” —
Nicole Brossard
“Élise Turcotte’s elegant and tender writing perfectly
capture the quotidian magic between a mother and her little girl.”
— Sarah Sheard
About Élise
Turcotte.
About Sheila Fischman. |
