Nothing for You Here, Young Man
Author | : Marie-Claire Blais |
Publisher | : House of Anansi |
Total Pages | : 178 |
Release | : 2014-05-16 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781770893580 |
ISBN-13 | : 177089358X |
Rating | : 4/5 (80 Downloads) |
Download or read book Nothing for You Here, Young Man written by Marie-Claire Blais and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2014-05-16 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the latest installment in her award-winning series, Marie-Claire Blais reintroduces us to Petites Cendres, familiar from other books in the cycle, and lets us into the lives of two other unforgettable characters. She shows us, once again, how creativity and hope and suffering and exclusion intersect. There is the writer who is stranded in an airport of the South Island, he is held captive because of a delayed flight. And a teenage musician, a former child prodigy living on the streets with his dog, wonders where he will get his next meal. Then there is Petites Cendres, who no longer dances or sings and refuses to get out of bed to attend the coronation of the new Queen of Night. By superimposing these three worlds, Blais continues her ambitious, compelling exploration of life in contemporary North America