A fifteenth-century portrait painter, grieving the untimely death of his unrequited love, takes refuge at the monastery at Mont Saint-Michel, an island off the coast of France. He haunts the halls until the monks assign him the task of copying manuscripts though he is illiterate. His work heals him and grows the monastery's library into a beautiful city of books, all under the shadow of the invention of the printing press.
Dominique Fortier is an editor and translator living in Montreal. She is the author of five books, including On the Proper Use of Stars and Wonder.
Rhonda Mullins is an award-winning translator and writer living in Montreal, Quebec.
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A rich portrait of the beauty of words painted by a 15th-century illiterate scribe.
‘[Fortier’s] sensuous prose, rendered with perfect smoothness by Mullins, is always a pleasure in itself, and she lets the historical parallels and affinities… emerge organically. The result is a seductive love letter to reading, to books, and to the creative impulse.’
—Montreal Gazette
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Co-op available
Galleys available (inc. at BEA & ALA)
National advertising: Publishers Weekly, World Literature Today
National radio tour: outreach to CBC Radio Q, NPR Books/All Things Considered
National print campaign: outreach to World Literature Today, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, The New York Times, Kirkus, The Believer, The Paris Review, New York Times Sunday Book Review, The Globe & Mail, The Guardian
Online/social media campaign: outreach to Flavorwire, Papermag, Huffington Post, Fiction Advocate, Numero Cinq, Asymptote, Dazed, Three Percent, Open Letters Monthly, Conversational Reading
3-city national tour
Excerpts in: Electric Literature, Open Letter
Open to bookseller contest/giveaways
Outreach to librarians and antiquarian book societies
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781552453384
Publisert
2016-12-22
Utgiver
Vendor
Coach House Books
Vekt
227 gr
Høyde
203 mm
Bredde
127 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
176
Forfatter
Oversetter