Boundary
The Last Summer
Published on 6. July 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-1-77196-109-7 (ISBN)
Description
French version sold approx. 10,000 copies, won the GG, Canada's most venerable literary award.
Genre-bending literary / mystery - very similar in style to atmospheric Swedish or Norwegian crime novels.
Takes place along the borderland between Maine and Quebec.
Police detective is an American w/ distant Quebec roots, but only speaks English and has to use a translator.
Genre-bending literary / mystery - very similar in style to atmospheric Swedish or Norwegian crime novels.
Takes place along the borderland between Maine and Quebec.
Police detective is an American w/ distant Quebec roots, but only speaks English and has to use a translator.
Reviews / Votes
"A dense and beautiful novel about the human condition... While most crime novels put the murder center stage, this one instead uses the crime to deeply examine the complexity of what it means to be alive... Spellbinding."-Kirkus Reviews, STARRED REVIEW"Atmospheric and haunting, this novel about the lingering effects of violence is impossible to turn away from."-Foreword Reviews
"Brilliantly innovative in narrative and thrillingly readable, Boundary is a splendid novel that makes high literature out of crime and suspense. I am an instant and ardent fan of Andree A. Michaud."-Robert Olen Butler, Pulitzer Prize winner
"While it has an element of the whodunit, this lushly written, award-winning francophone novel is literary crime-writing in which the texture of period and place takes priority."-Sunday Times
"The literary thriller exists. Andree A. Michaud is the proof."?La Presse
"The writing is impassioned, inspired. The pace is breathless, yet punctuated by scenes of everyday family life."?Le Devoir
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Emeryville
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
372 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-77196-109-7 (9781771961097)
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Persons
Andree A. Michaud is a novelist and playwright from Quebec. She won the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction twice: first for the novel Le ravissement in 2001, and again for the novel Bondree in 2014. In addition to writing award-winning fiction, Michaeud has penned several critically-acclaimed plays.
Donald Winkler is a Montreal-based literary translator and documentary filmmaker. He has translated books by the astrophysicist Hubert Reeves, the philosopher Georges Leroux and the novelists Daniel Poliquin and Nadine Bismuth. Winkler is a two-time winner of the Governor General's Award.
Donald Winkler is a Montreal-based literary translator and documentary filmmaker. He has translated books by the astrophysicist Hubert Reeves, the philosopher Georges Leroux and the novelists Daniel Poliquin and Nadine Bismuth. Winkler is a two-time winner of the Governor General's Award.