{"product_id":"the-weight-of-snow-paperback-1","title":"The Weight of Snow - 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\u003eChristian Guay-Poliquin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Homel\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA badly injured man. A nationwide power failure. A village buried in snow. A desperate struggle for survival. These are the ingredients of \u003cem\u003eThe Weight of Snow\u003c\/em\u003e, Christian Guay-Poliquin's riveting new novel. After surviving a major accident, the book's protagonist is entrusted to Matthias, a taciturn old man who agrees to heal his wounds in exchange for supplies and a chance of escape. The two men become prisoners of the elements and of their own rough confrontation as the centimetres of snow accumulate relentlessly. Surrounded by a nature both hostile and sublime, their relationship oscillates between commiseration, mistrust, and mutual aid. Will they manage to hold out against external threats and intimate pitfalls?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristian Guay-Poliquin was born in Saint-Armand in 1982. He is now developing a thesis project on the hunting narrative and also works in renovation. The pencil on his ear serves to mark his measures as much as it does to record his ideas. \u003ci\u003eLe fil des kilometers\u003c\/i\u003e (La Peuplade, 2013) is his first novel, translated as \u003cem\u003eRunning on Fumes\u003c\/em\u003e (Talonbooks, 2016). His second novel is \u003cem\u003eLe poids de la neige \u003c\/em\u003e(La Peuplae, 2016), \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn and raised in Montreal, Jacob Homel has translated or collaborated in the translation of a number of works, including Nelly Arcan's \u003ci\u003eHysteric\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBreakneck\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Battle of London\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Last Genet\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2012, he won the J.I. Segal Translation Prize for his translation of \u003ci\u003eA Pinch of Time\u003c\/i\u003e. He currently lives in Montreal.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 07, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48452558291193,"sku":"9781772012224","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/1pJrTRJLJq9781772012224.webp?v=1779954877","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-weight-of-snow-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}