Product Description
What is paradise? An unscented flower? A plumed bird? A high theatre balcony? Is it a medieval city surrounded by walls, a desert oasis, or the bare, virgin expanses of the North? For some, paradise is the familiar, idealized: a garden with rivers of milk and honey; a childhood remembered but never lived. For others, it is a far-off destination: a dreary landscape beyond the constellations, where cherubs play the lyre upon clouds; a room in which to await resurrection. Wandering Souls in Paradise Lost frames cab drivers, exotic dancers, revellers, mourners, and geniuses - from places like Montreal, New York, Corsica, Cabarete, and Heaven itself - within the space of one Spring solstice day. Using ardent, melodic prose, author Hlne Rioux pieces together their disparate lives to form a mosaic of the human longing for a better existence. Wandering Souls of Paradise Lost is the second novel in Hlne Riouxs four-part Fragments of the World series. The first novel, Wednesday Night at the End of the World, was published by Cormorant Books Inc. in 2009.
About the Author
Hlne Rioux has published poetry, news articles, short stories, translations, and seven novels. She received the Prix France-Qubec and the Prix ringuet de lAcadmie des Lettres du Qubec in 2008 for Mefor di soir au Bout de monde (Wednesday Night at the End of the World), which was also a finalist for the Governor Generals Literary Award and the prix Biblioblog. and the Grand Prix littraire du Journal de Montral and the Prix de la Socit des Ecrivains canadiens for Chambre avec baignoire (Room with Bath) in 1992. She has been a finalist for the Governor Generals Literary Award five times. Her novels have been translated into English, Spanish, and Bulgarian. Jonathan Kaplansky studied at Tufts University and Universit de Paris III, receiving an MA in French Language and Literature from McGill and an MA in Translation from the University of Ottawa. He has translated works by Annie Ernaux, Hlne Rioux, and Hlne Dorion, and currently lives in Montreal.
Hlne Rioux has published poetry, news articles, short stories, translations, and seven novels. She received the Prix France-Qubec and the Prix ringuet de l'Acadmie des Lettres du Qubec in 2008 for Mercredi soir au Bout de monde (Wednesday Night at the End of the World), which was also a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award and the prix Biblioblog. and the Grand Prix littraire du Journal de Montral and the Prix de la Socit des Ecrivains canadiens for Chambre avec baignoire (Room with Bath) in 1992. She has been a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award five times. Her novels have been translated into English, Spanish, and Bulgarian. Jonathan Kaplansky studied at Tufts University and Universit de Paris III, receiving an MA in French Language and Literature from McGill and an MA in Translation from the University of Ottawa. He has translated works by Annie Ernaux, Hlne Rioux, and Hlne Dorion, and currently lives in Montreal.
