Rebecca Born in the Maelstrom_Blais
2011 Nominated

Rebecca, Born in the Maelstrom

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

As we follow a central character named Rebecca, the voice in the novel becomes the voice of the world inventing itself, and the future playing itself out. As the GG jury wrote, “this breathtaking paroxysm of a novel turns any commonly held vision of the world upside down. Blais’ transcendent prose illuminates her characters with an extraordinary light.”

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Marie-Claire
Blais

Marie-Claire Blais was born in Quebec City in 1939. Blais’ first novel, Mad Shadows (1959), amounted to a literary revolution in Quebec. The book ushered in a new era in Quebec fiction with its nightmarish depiction of the obsessions and evils of society. Her writings, which have won international acclaim, have been translated into 13 languages.

Marie-Claire Blais was born in Quebec City in 1939. Blais’ first novel, Mad Shadows (1959), amounted to a literary revolution in Quebec. The book ushered in a new era in Quebec fiction with its nightmarish depiction of the obsessions and evils of society. Her writings, which have won international acclaim, have been translated into 13 languages.

ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR Nigel
Spencer

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
Canada
Original Language
French
Publisher
House of Anansi Press
Translator
Nigel Spencer

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