The Sound of Living Things
by Elise Turcotte
translated by Sheila Fischman
ISBN 9781896951713 | 5.5" x 8.5" | TPB with French Flaps | $19.95
Categories:Fiction - Literary, Translations
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Synopsis
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.Reviews
"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
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