Canoes

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Synopsis
From the author of Eastbound, a New York Times Top 10 Book of the YearA colorful cast of female characters contends with UFOs, sonic waves, and the legend of Buffalo Bill in a spellbinding novella and 7 short stories about the mysteries of place and language&“The translation of any of Maylis de Kerangal&’s books is a gift.&” — Lauren Oyler, The New Yorker"De Kerangal&’s masterful collection examines alienation and grief at pivotal moments in her characters&’ lives . . . Each story is richly complex, and the collection&’s recurring canoe imagery gives it the feel of a treasure map . . . This understated volume packs a powerful punch." — Publishers Weekly, starred reviewRicocheting off of the book&’s exhilarating central novella and 7 short stories, the women we meet in Canoes are by turns indelibly witty, insightful, intimate, bracing, and profoundly interconnected.&“When did I start placing myself in the fable?&” a young Parisian wonders as she tells her son the legend of Buffalo Bill, a spectral presence atop the mountain in their small Colorado town. She has just moved to the United States and everything disorients her – suburbs stretching along reptilian highways, a new house rigged like a studio set, but most of all, the sound of her husband&’s voice. Sam speaks with a different tone in English, not the soft and swift timbre of his native French. From a voice made new, Maylis de Kerangal opens up a torrent of curiosities, hauntings, and questions about place and language.The women of these stories are mad about: stones, molds of human jaws, voicemail recordings, sonic waves, UFOs, and always how the texture of human voice entwines with their obsessions. With cosmic harmonics, vivid imagery, and a revelatory composition, Canoes will leave readers forever altered.
Copyright:
2021

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Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:
9781953861979
Related ISBNs:
9781953861962
Publisher:
Steerforth Press
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Copyrighted By:
Maylis de Kerangal
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.
Translator:
Jessica Moore

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