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Antonine Maillet : Les tresors caches - Our Hidden Treasures (English, French, Paperback, Bilingual edition)
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Antonine Maillet : Les tresors caches - Our Hidden Treasures (English, French, Paperback, Bilingual edition)
Series: The Symons Medal Series/Collection de la Medaille Symons
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A veritable artist, Maillet becomes a "creator of sounds, of
colours, of forms and words." As she speaks, she paints a vast
landscape of mountains and oceans, history and story, using the
tools on her palette: blending the colours of myths and those of
contemporary issues, creating an epic poem in a profoundly personal
voice. This country she portrays is both young and old, speaks two
languages, has a rich subconscious, and aspirations. She ends her
lecture by re-telling a story originally written by Rabelais-
which, incidentally, was penned the same year as the discovery of
America. The grande dame of storytelling uses her art to make an
appeal for solidarity, in favour of the protection of cultures and
the preservation of languages. Will her country, she asks, the one
made "of many faces" and paradoxes, "be able to give nations of
diverse origins their rightful place?" Renowned, notably, for her
iconic play La Sagouine, Antonine Maillet received the prestigious
Prix Goncourt for her novel Pelagie-la-Charette, thereby becoming
the first non-European laureate of the most prestigious award in
France. Since then, she has published over twenty novels and many
plays, and also translated several celebrated authors such as
Shakespeare. She is the recipient of numerous literary awards,
including the Governor General Literary Award, the Royal Society of
Canada's Lorne Pierce Medal, and the Prix Goncourt.
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Imprint: |
University of Ottawa Press
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Country of origin: |
Canada |
Series: |
The Symons Medal Series/Collection de la Medaille Symons |
Release date: |
November 2017 |
First published: |
2017 |
Authors: |
Antonine Maillet
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Preface by: |
Wade McLauchlan
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Afterword by: |
Margaret Conrad
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Dimensions: |
203 x 140 x 6mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
80 |
Edition: |
Bilingual edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7766-2587-4 |
Languages: |
English
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French
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Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
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LSN: |
0-7766-2587-X |
Barcode: |
9780776625874 |
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