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The Island of Books (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781552453384)
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Dominique Fortier
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xA fifteenth-century portrait painter, grieving the untimely death of his unrequited love, takes refuge at the monastery at Mont Saint-Michel, an island off the coast of France. He haunts the halls until the monks assign him the task of copying manuscripts - though he is illiterate. His work heals him and grows the monastery's library into a beautiful city of books, all under the shadow of the invention of the printing press.
Dominique Fortier is an editor and translator living in Montreal. She is the author of five books, including On the Proper Use of Stars and Wonder.
Rhonda Mullins is an award-winning translator and writer living in Montreal, Quebec.
Author: Dominique Fortier
ISBN-10: 1552453383
ISBN-13: 9781552453384
Publisher: Coach House Books
Language: English
Published: 11/08/2016
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.90h x 4.90w x 0.50d
Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/24/2017
By Dominique Fortier
xDominique Fortier: Dominique Fortier is an editor and translator living in Outremont, Quebec. Her first novel, Good use of stars (2008), was nominated for a Governor General's Award. She is the author of five books, two of which have been translated into English.
Rhonda Mullins: Rhonda Mullins is a writer and translator living in Montréal. She received the 2015 Governor General's Literary Award for Twenty-One Cardinals, her translation of Jocelyne Saucier's Les héritiers de la mine. And the Birds Rained Down, her translation of Jocelyne Saucier's Il pleuvait des oiseaux, was a CBC Canada Reads Selection. It was also shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award, as were her translations of Élise Turcotte's Guyana and Hervé Fischer's The Decline of the Hollywood Empire.
Rhonda Mullins: Rhonda Mullins is a writer and translator living in Montréal. She received the 2015 Governor General's Literary Award for Twenty-One Cardinals, her translation of Jocelyne Saucier's Les héritiers de la mine. And the Birds Rained Down, her translation of Jocelyne Saucier's Il pleuvait des oiseaux, was a CBC Canada Reads Selection. It was also shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award, as were her translations of Élise Turcotte's Guyana and Hervé Fischer's The Decline of the Hollywood Empire.
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