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Fortier is an acclaimed Quebecois writer. Her previous novels have been shortlisted for numerous awards including the Governor General's Literary Award. This marks her first work with a new translator and English-language publisher. Recent interest in French-Canadian translation: a 2015 New Yorker feature mentioned Coach House's translation program and And the Birds Rained Down being selected for CBC Canada Reads: http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/too-different-and-too-familiar-the-challenge-of-french-canadian-literature) Selected by Quebec booksellers as a store pick in November 2015. Translator Rhonda Mullins received the 2015 Governor General's Literary Award for her translation of Twenty-One Cardinals by Jocelyne Saucier. Her previous translation of Saucier's work, And the Birds Rained Down, was a 2015 CBC Canada Reads Selection.

© 2016 Coach House Books (อีบุ๊ก): 9781770564718

ผู้แปล: Rhonda Mullins

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