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      A beautiful collection of seven short stories and a novella themed around women's voices from the author of Mend the Living and Painting Time

      Seven interconnected stories orbit a central novella to create a collection of tales which resonate with the sound of women''s...

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      Product ID:9781529419658
      Product Form:Hardback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:Canoes
      Authors:Author: Maylis de Kerangal, Jessica Moore
      Page Count:160
      Subjects:Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Short stories, Fiction in translation, Short stories, Fiction in translation, France
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      A beautiful collection of seven short stories and a novella themed around women's voices from the author of Mend the Living and Painting Time

      Seven interconnected stories orbit a central novella to create a collection of tales which resonate with the sound of women''s voices.

      A widower struggles to erase his wife''s voice from his answering machine. Two old friends meet after a period apart and find they can no longer fit into their habitual rhythm. A woman records herself reading a poem for two sisters who obsessively collect voice recordings.

      At the heart of Canoes is "Mustang", in which a woman moves with her family to the suburbs of Denver, where her partner takes up a research post. As her husband and child fit seamlessly into their new lives, she remains aloof, consumed by a feeling of not belonging, and observing as her loved ones change and adapt to these alien surroundings.

      In this moving and deeply poetic collection, Maylis de Kerangal casts light on the balance between life and death, exploring the traces we leave upon each other''s lives and creating space for women of all ages to be heard.

      Translated from the French by Jessica Moore


      Imprint Name:MacLehose Press
      Publisher Name:Quercus Publishing
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2023-09-28

      Additional information

      Weight242 g
      Dimensions138 × 206 × 18 mm