Elle - A Novel (Paperback, 2nd ed.)

Winner, Governor General's Award for FictionShortlisted, IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and Commonwealth Writers' PrizeA 16th-century belle turned Robinson Crusoe, a female Don Quixote with an Inuit Sancho Panza -- this is the heroine of the novel that won the 2003 Governor General's Award. Elle is a lusty, subversive riff on the discovery of the New World, the moment of first contact. Based on what might be a true story, the novel chronicles the ordeals and adventures of a young French woman marooned on the desolate Isle of Demons during Jacques Cartier's ill-fated third and last attempt to colonize Canada. In this new readers' guide edition, Douglas Glover's carnal whirlwind of myth and story, of beauty and hilarity brings the past violently and unexpectedly into the present. His well-known scatological realism, exuberant violence, and dark, unsettling humour give his unique version of history a thoroughly modern chill.

General

Imprint:	Goose Lane Editions
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	August 2007
First published:	August 2007
Authors:	Douglas Glover
Afterword by:	Lawrence Mathews
Dimensions:	215 x 139 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	226
Edition:	2nd ed.
ISBN-13:	978-0-86492-492-6
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Historical fiction
LSN:	0-86492-492-5
Barcode:	9780864924926

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