The Acacia Gardens by Marie-Claire Blais
What anxiety grips Petites Cendres as he runs towards the sea in the sunshine on a warm tropical morning? Shouldn’t he be reassured by the thought that he now lives at the Acacia Gardens, a comfortable home where all find care, understanding, and healing? How can Fleur, the young musical prodigy, listen to the diabolical confessions of Wrath, the fugitive priest, without shuddering? And, can Daniel the writer finish his novel, the one he has been working on for twenty years, despite his sensitivity and empathy for all creatures, even if they are the most humble, like the lizard he inadvertently crushed under his sandal? With this latest novel, Marie-Claire Blais once again gives us a vibrant portrait that embraces the span of life — from birth to death and beyond. Her characters question their purpose and what will come after, as they are confronted by evil that lives and that has taken root.
The Acacia Gardens is a sublime evocation of human existence in all its darkness and light, and even achieves a kind of dualism that escaped its modernist antecedents* Globe and Mail *
… moral complexities and the grandiosity of Blaise’s language give this book its appeal… * Toronto Star *
Life throbs on every page of this breathtaking work and stirs us, dazzles us, and lulls us. * TVA/Salut Bonjour *
A magnificent song of pain, full and hypnotic. * Nightlife.ca *
… moral complexities and the grandiosity of Blaise’s language give this book its appeal… * Toronto Star *
Life throbs on every page of this breathtaking work and stirs us, dazzles us, and lulls us. * TVA/Salut Bonjour *
A magnificent song of pain, full and hypnotic. * Nightlife.ca *
MARIE-CLAIRE BLAIS (1939-2001) was the internationally revered author of more than twenty-five books, many of which have been published around the world. In addition to the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction, which she won four times, Blais was awarded the Gilles-Corbeil Prize, the Médicis Prize, the Molson Prize, and Guggenheim Fellowships. She divided her time between Key West, Florida, and Quebec. Nigel Spencer is Marie-Claire Blais’ longtime translator and a three-time Governor General's Literary Award winner. He lives in Montreal, Quebec.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781487000172 |
| ISBN 10 | 1487000170 |
| Title | The Acacia Gardens |
| Author | Marie-Claire Blais |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada |
| Year published | 2016-07-21 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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