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OverviewAt the crossroads that lead to the end of childhood, Nana faces the hectic passage of her adolescence and the new responsibilities that fall on her shoulders when her grandmother Josephine approaches death. To calm the storm, Nana continues reading the stories of Josaphat-the-Violin: following three of Josaphat's fantastic tales, revelations whose full scope in her own existence she cannot measure yet await her. In parallel, Nana's rebellious mother Maria, back in Montreal, languishes, torn between her desire to gather her young family around her and the deep uncertainty she has of being able to take care of them properly. Always in search of what's ""best"" and what's ""elsewhere,"" will she seize the ""opportunity"" of which the Americans speak, ""which only hits the door of life once""? However, the most difficult passage is that of time, inexorable, which literally breaks everything in its path: the feelings and souls it binds and unbinds sometimes for the better, and too often for the worse. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Michel Tremblay , Linda GaboriauPublisher: Talon Books,Canada Imprint: Talon Books,Canada Dimensions: Width: 13.90cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.50cm Weight: 0.276kg ISBN: 9781772012354ISBN 10: 1772012351 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 27 February 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationBorn in a working-class family in Quebec, novelist and playwright Michel Tremblay was raised in Montreal's Plateau-Mont-Royal neighbourhood. An ardent reader from a young age, Tremblay began to write, in hiding, as a teenager. One of the most produced and most prominent playwrights in the history of Canadian theatre, Tremblay has received countless prestigious honours and accolades. Because of their charismatic originality, their vibrant character portrayals, and the profound vision they embody, Tremblay's dramatic, literary and autobiographical works have long enjoyed remarkable international popularity; his plays have been adapted and translated into dozens of languages and have achieved huge success in Europe, the Americas, and the Middle East. was long-listed for the CBC Canada Reads program in both 2002 and 2003. In April 2006 as Montreal concluded its term as World Book Capital Tremblay was the recipient of the Blue Metropolis International Literary Grand Prix, awarded annually in recognition of a lifetime of literary achievement to a writer of international stature and accomplishment. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |