Background
Blais, Marie-Claire was born on October 5, 1939 in Quebec. Daughter of Fernando Blais and Veronique Nolin.
(A human wolf who operates outside the bounds of conventio...)
A human wolf who operates outside the bounds of conventional morality stalks human prey in this spell-binding morose masterpiece of psychic cannibalism, hatred, perversity, and predatory love. This unconventional and provocative story explores the world of male homosexuality. A human wolf who operates outside the bounds of conventional morality stalks human prey in this spell-binding morose masterpiece of psychic cannibalism, hatred, perversity, and predatory love. This unconventional and provocative story explores the world of male homosexuality.
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(With this astounding fourth novel in her ongoing series o...)
With this astounding fourth novel in her ongoing series of contemporary masterpieces, Marie-Claire Blais invites us again to enter a complex circle of unforgettable characters. But this time, the tone is different: Blais’ writing has acquired a new, buoyant, electrifying rhythm a rhythm described as "the heartbeat of the world." 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. Here Nigel Spencer, Marie-Claire Blais’ longtime translator, gives us Blais’ singular vision in supple English prose that is as transcendent and nuanced as the original French. With this astounding fourth novel in her ongoing series of contemporary masterpieces, Marie-Claire Blais invites us again to enter a complex circle of unforgettable characters. But this time, the tone is different: Blais’ writing has acquired a new, buoyant, electrifying rhythm a rhythm described as "the heartbeat of the world." 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. Here Nigel Spencer, Marie-Claire Blais’ longtime translator, gives us Blais’ singular vision in supple English prose that is as transcendent and nuanced as the original French.
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(Exploring contemporary life and the penetrating energy of...)
Exploring contemporary life and the penetrating energy of youth, this novel follows Anna, an introspective, alienated teenager without hope. Anna and her friend Michelle have experienced what life today has to offerthey have experimented with drugs and sex and have taken dance and music lessons in an attempt to find some meaning in their existenceand yet they have rejected its premise and instead remain alone and empty. Chilling and often terrifying, this chronicle portrays two young women who are not bored but are instead without hope of finding peace or even living long enough to begin the search. Exploring contemporary life and the penetrating energy of youth, this novel follows Anna, an introspective, alienated teenager without hope. Anna and her friend Michelle have experienced what life today has to offerthey have experimented with drugs and sex and have taken dance and music lessons in an attempt to find some meaning in their existenceand yet they have rejected its premise and instead remain alone and empty. Chilling and often terrifying, this chronicle portrays two young women who are not bored but are instead without hope of finding peace or even living long enough to begin the search.
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(With Augustino and the Choir of Destruction, literary leg...)
With Augustino and the Choir of Destruction, literary legend Marie-Clair Blais concludes her famed trilogy set on an island in the Gulf of Mexico. Written in her trademark style, which includes surreal surprises and idiosyncratic characters, this book presents a rich tapestry of humankind: Our Lady of the Bags, announcing the end of the world; Charles, a great poet cut down by AIDS; and Caroline, a transvestite Cinderella and artist. Most amazing yet typical of the imaginative power of Blais' work is the title character, a clairvoyant child writer who challenges the destructive forces in everyday life. With Augustino and the Choir of Destruction, literary legend Marie-Clair Blais concludes her famed trilogy set on an island in the Gulf of Mexico. Written in her trademark style, which includes surreal surprises and idiosyncratic characters, this book presents a rich tapestry of humankind: Our Lady of the Bags, announcing the end of the world; Charles, a great poet cut down by AIDS; and Caroline, a transvestite Cinderella and artist. Most amazing yet typical of the imaginative power of Blais' work is the title character, a clairvoyant child writer who challenges the destructive forces in everyday life.
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(A harrowing pathology of the soul, Mad Shadows centres on...)
A harrowing pathology of the soul, Mad Shadows centres on a family group: Patrice, the beautiful and narcissistic son; his ugly and malicious sister, Isabelle-Marie; and Louise, their vain and uncomprehending mother. These characters inhabit an amoral universe where beauty reflects no truth and love is an empty delusion. Each character is ultimately annihilated by their own obsessions. Acclaimed and reviled when it exploded on the Quebec literary scene in 1959, Mad Shadows initiated a new era in Quebec fiction.
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(Prix Médicis 1976.Dans un monde hostile et froid, où la m...)
Prix Médicis 1976.Dans un monde hostile et froid, où la mort et la maladie sont partout présentes, où régnent la misère et l''obscurité, des enfants cherchent, à l''ombre de leur grand-mère toute-puissante, à préserver coûte que coûte le feu de leur rébellion et de leur désir d''innocence.Né par un matin d''hiver, Emmanuel réussira-t-il, au terme de sa première saison d''existence, à poursuivre cette lutte farouche pour la vie qu''ont entreprise avant lui sa sœur Héloïse, son frère le Septième, et surtout Jean Le Maigre, par la révolte, par la poésie et par l''amour ?Pour Emmanuel, la première saison est celle de l''apprentissage. Sa soeur Héloïse, ancienne religieuse, travaille à l''Auberge de la Rose Publique, une maison close de campagne. Ses frères sont poètes, voleurs de grands chemins; Jean Le Maigre, le plus talentueux, est mort peu après la naissance d''Emmanuel en laissant derrière lui une pleine malle de poèmes. Cet héritage vivant, bizarre, hétéroclite, sert de viatique à l''enfant. Une vieille femme, Grand-Mère Antoinette, trésorière de la mémoire, figure patiente et souveraine, se charge de guider ses pas. Bientôt, il portera lui aussi dans le monde son histoire, sa curiosité, son désir de vivre.
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novelist playwright writer poet
Blais, Marie-Claire was born on October 5, 1939 in Quebec. Daughter of Fernando Blais and Veronique Nolin.
Student, Laval (Quebec) University. Student, Harvard University.
Lecturer Princeton (New Jersey) University, City University of New York.
(A harrowing pathology of the soul, Mad Shadows centres on...)
(A human wolf who operates outside the bounds of conventio...)
(With this astounding fourth novel in her ongoing series o...)
(With Augustino and the Choir of Destruction, literary leg...)
(Exploring contemporary life and the penetrating energy of...)
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(Prix Médicis 1976.Dans un monde hostile et froid, où la m...)
Member Writers Union Canada, Academy Canada Francaise, Union des Ecrivains, Union des Auteurs Dramatiques, Pen Club, Compagnon de l'Order du Canada, Royal Society, Academy Royale de la Belgique, Order of Quebec.
Painting, handwriting analysis.