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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Fortier, Dominique, 1972-     Subjects     Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Fortier, Dominique, 1972-       by title:      Paper houses / Domin...      Villes de papier. En...       by call number:      FICTION FOR     Search the Web     Fortier, Dominique, 1972-     Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 -- Fiction.       MARC Display

Paper houses / Dominique Fortier ; translated by Rhonda Mullins. by Fortier, Dominique, 1972- Coach House Books, 2019. Call #: FICTION FOR Subjects Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 -- Fiction. ISBN:  9781552453926 (trade pbk.) Uniform title:  Villes de papier. English. Description:  149 p. ; 21 cm. Notes:  Translation of: Les villes de papier. Translated from the French. Summary:  "A whimsical and misanthropic imagining of Emily Dickinson's life. Paper Towns is a novelized account of Emily Dickinson's life, focusing on her childhood, the homes she lived in throughout her life, her family relationships, and her gradual reclusiveness, as she becomes consumed by getting words down on paper, and writing becomes an end in itself. Dickinson's childhood seems idyllic, and the headstrong Emily is both serious and fanciful. As she presses flowers between the pages of heavy books to preserve them, she reflects that books drink the water of flowers. When she is given a kaleidoscope for Christmas, she sees it as a device for taking the world as it is and making it unrecognizable, saying to her mother in response to the gift, "But I already have so many books... " The account of her adult life focuses on her writing and gardening, her gradual withdrawal from society, her relationships with family members and her limited contact with people from the outside world. She is disappointed with flesh and blood, and prefers letters, reflecting that you can't have books and a life, after seeing her classmates abandon their dreams to take their place in society. She remains close to her sister, but upon returning to her childhood home Homestead, after a 25-year absence, she reflects that of all the members of her family, she likes the house the best."--Publisher. Genre:  French-Canadian fiction -- Translations into English. Canadian fiction. Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. Other authors:  Mullins, Rhonda, 1966- Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Halifax North Memorial Public Library Adult Fiction FICTION FOR Adult Trade Paperback Books Checked out Jul 13, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

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