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Songs for Angel / Marie-Claire Blais ; translated by Katia Grubisic.

by Blais, Marie-Claire, 1939-

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Arachnide, 2021.

Hate crimes -- Fiction.

Murderers -- Fiction.

White supremacy movements -- Fiction.

9781487006327 (trade pbk.)

201 p. ; 21 cm.

Translation of: Des chants pour Angel.

Translated from the French.

"In the penultimate installment of the magnificent and ambitious Soifs cycle, widely regarded as one of the most original and ambitious endeavors ever to be undertaken in contemporary literature, renowned novelist Marie-Claire Blais once again marries the highest artistic standards with the most pressing human and political concerns. Revisiting figures from the previous novels in a swirling fresco of more than a hundred characters, Blais also takes us into the soul of "the Young Man," a white supremacist preparing to attack a Black church and murder its entire congregation. This is an extraordinary portrait of the times that jostles and discomboluates the reader while inviting us to see the world in all its injustice and distress, but also its promise and beauty. Songs for Angel reminds us that Blais is a writer who never ceases to situate us in the world and the roles we play in it, and that reading her is always an unforgettable human experience."--From publisher.

Canadian fiction.

French-Canadian fiction -- Translations into English.

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