Louise Dupré
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English
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Confident, hardworking, and practical, architect Anne Martin is living the good life in Montreal. Yet one day, high up in her apartment overlooking the city and the river, at the heart of her perfectly controlled universe, Anne witnesses a scene that causes a crack to appear in her life, a crack that slowly widens and eventually threatens her very existence. At this time of lost certainty, Anne's work takes her to Tunis. Here, among the ruins of Carthage,...
2) Memoria
Author
Language
English
Description
Memoria tells the seemingly ordinary story of a woman overwhelmed by grief when her lover abandons her. The loss opens an old wound: some 20 years ago Emma's teenage sister vanished without a trace. Soon Emma will meet another man, but the return to joy is painfully slow. Rarely has the loss of love, as well as the subtle dislocation of a family hit by tragedy, been evoked more poignantly than in this luminous novel. In Memoria's multi-layered narrative,...
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Français
Description
Deux femmes s'écrivent. Ouanessa Younsi, née d'une mère québécoise et d'un père algérien, représente la nouvelle génération de poètes québécoises. Louise Dupré, marquée par le bouillonnement de la Révolution tranquille, est l'autrice d'une œuvre considérable. Les deux se racontent. "Nous ne sommes pas des fées" met en dialogue deux générations et expériences. Chemins d'amitié et de poésie entre femmes.
