The Heart Is an Involuntary Muscle - Brossura

Proulx, Monique

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ISBN 10: 155054991X ISBN 13: 9781550549911

Casa editrice: Douglas & McIntyre Ltd, 2003

Riassunto

A brilliant, complex, witty, moving book about writing and writers.

Florence doesn’t like writers?they’re so full of hang-ups?and she likes their books even less, those corpulent things that aren’t even true. She only likes Zeno, but she’ll never admit it, even under pain of death. Zeno is her partner in their small website construction business, Mahone Inc., which has the brilliant idea of putting lesser-known artists and writers back in the limelight.

Zeno, on the other hand, loves writers, especially Pierre Laliberté, the mysterious and mythic novelist who lives like a recluse while awards and trophies tarnish and gather dust waiting for him. Because of Zeno, because of a stolen sentence, Florence finds herself following a trail that could lead her to Pierre Laliberté, this impostor who pillages other people’s lives as inspiration for his novels.

Proulx plays with the mystery genre, to write about literature and those who create it. But above all this is a book whose engaging characters pull us into their lives.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Monique Proulx is one of Quebec’s most popular authors. A novelist, story writer and screenwriter, she has published five works of fiction, including Wildlives and The Heart Is an Involuntary Muscle, both of which were nominated for a Governor General’s Award. She also won the 1993 Prix Québec-Paris, le Signet d’Or de Plaisir de lire, le Prix des libraires du Québec and le Prix littéraire Desjardins. She lives in Montreal, Quebec.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Douglas & McIntyre Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 155054991X
• ISBN 13: 9781550549911
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 356
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile