{"product_id":"the-acacia-gardens-paperback","title":"The Acacia Gardens - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarie-Claire Blais\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNigel Spencer\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat anxiety grips Petites Cendres as he runs towards the sea in the sunshine on a warm tropical morning? Shouldn't he be reassured by the thought that he now lives at the Acacia Gardens, a comfortable home where all find care, understanding, and healing? How can Fleur, the young musical prodigy, listen to the diabolical confessions of Wrath, the fugitive priest, without shuddering? And, can Daniel the writer finish his novel, the one he has been working on for twenty years, despite his sensitivity and empathy for all creatures, even if they are the most humble, like the lizard he inadvertently crushed under his sandal?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith this latest novel, Marie-Claire Blais once again gives us a vibrant portrait that embraces the span of life -- from birth to death and beyond. Her characters question their purpose and what will come after, as they are confronted by evil that lives and that has taken root.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarie-Claire Blais\u003c\/b\u003e is the internationally revered author of more than twenty-five books, many of which have been published around the world. In addition to the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction, which she has won four times, Blais has been awarded the Gilles-Corbeil Prize, the Médicis Prize, the Molson Prize, and Guggenheim Fellowships. She divides her time between Quebec and Florida. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNigel Spencer\u003c\/b\u003e has won the Governor General's Literary Award for Translation with three novels by Marie-Claire Blais: \u003ci\u003eThunder and Light\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAugustino and the Choir of Destruction\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMai at the Predators' Ball\u003c\/i\u003e, which was also a finalist for the QWF Cole Foundation Prize for Translation. He has translated numerous other works and films by and about Marie-Claire Blais, Poet Laureate Pauline Michel, Evelyn de la Chenelière, and others. He is also a film-subtitler, editor, and actor now living in Montreal.\u003cbr\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 04, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48346182811897,"sku":"9781487000172","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/WSB7dvVocI9781487000172.webp?v=1777787756","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-acacia-gardens-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}