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edition:Paperback
category: Fiction
published: Jan 1976
ISBN:9780889221116
publisher: Talonbooks

Dürer's Angel

by Marie-Claire Blais, translated by David Lobdell

tagged: literary
Description

This is Marie-Claire Blais’s third novel in the trilogy of Pauline Archange.

About the Authors

Marie-Claire Blais is a defining figure in Canada&146;s literary landscape, with over 30 books to her credit, including La Belle Bete (Mad Shadows), published when she was twenty, Une Saison dans la vie d'Emmanuel (A Season in the Life of Emmanuel), which is now taught regularly in university and college courses, and Soifs (These Festive Nights), which won the Governor General's Award in 1996.


David Lobdell is a Canadian translator of Québec fiction and is especially known for his translation of Dürer’s Angel by Marie-Claire Blais.
Contributor Notes

Marie-Claire Blais
Born in Quebec, Marie-Claire Blais published her first novel at the age of 20, and has gone on to publish 20 novels to date in France and Quebec—all of which have been translated into English—in addition to five plays and several collections of poetry. All of her writings have met with international acclaim. Winner of the Prix Médicis, the Prix Belgo-Canadien, the Prix France-Québec and many others, Blais continues to devote herself to work that is proud and exacting.
David Lobdell

Editorial Review

“A writer who stand head and shoulders above her contemporaries.”
Globe & Mail

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