{"product_id":"canoes-paperback","title":"Canoes - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaylis De Kerangal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJessica Moore\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eEastbound\u003c\/i\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Top 10 Book of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA colorful cast of female characters contends with UFOs, sonic waves, and the legend of Buffalo Bill in a spellbinding novella and 7 short stories about the mysteries of place and language \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The translation of any of Maylis de Kerangal's books is a gift.\" -- Lauren Oyler, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"De Kerangal's masterful collection examines alienation and grief at pivotal moments in her characters' lives . . . Each story is richly complex, and the collection's recurring canoe imagery gives it the feel of a treasure map . . . This understated volume packs a powerful punch.\" \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e-- \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRicocheting off of the book's exhilarating central novella and 7 short stories, the women we meet in \u003ci\u003eCanoes \u003c\/i\u003eare by turns indelibly witty, insightful, intimate, bracing, and profoundly interconnected. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"When did I start placing myself in the fable?\" a young Parisian wonders as she tells her son the legend of Buffalo Bill, a spectral presence atop the mountain in their small Colorado town. She has just moved to the United States and everything disorients her - suburbs stretching along reptilian highways, a new house rigged like a studio set, but most of all, the sound of her husband's voice. Sam speaks with a different tone in English, not the soft and swift timbre of his native French. From a voice made new, Maylis de Kerangal opens up a torrent of curiosities, hauntings, and questions about place and language. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe women of these stories are mad about: stones, molds of human jaws, voicemail recordings, sonic waves, UFOs, and always how the texture of human voice entwines with their obsessions. With cosmic harmonics, vivid imagery, and a revelatory composition, \u003ci\u003eCanoes \u003c\/i\u003ewill leave readers forever altered.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaylis de Kerangal\u003c\/b\u003e is the award winning and critically acclaimed author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eNaissance d'un pont\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eBirth of a Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e), winner of the Prix Franz Hessel and Prix Médicis; \u003ci\u003eRéparer les vivants\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Grand Prix RTL-Lire and whose English translation, \u003ci\u003eThe Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, was one of the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e's Ten Best Fiction Works of 2016 and the winner of the 2017 Wellcome Book Prize; and \u003ci\u003eUn chemin de tables\u003c\/i\u003e, whose English translation, \u003ci\u003eThe Cook\u003c\/i\u003e, was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice. \u003ci\u003eMend the Living \u003c\/i\u003ewas Longlisted for the Booker International Prize 2016. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessica Moore\u003c\/b\u003e is a poet, singer-songwriter, translator, and author. A former Lannan writer-in-residence and winner of a PEN America Translation Award for her translation of \u003ci\u003eTurkana Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, by Jean-François Beauchemin, her first collection of poems, \u003ci\u003eEverything, now, \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in 2012. She lives in Toronto.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 197\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 5.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42683942207551,"sku":"9781953861962","price":22.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/89958bc56b0cdd11b88d39f43c24ceb0.webp?v=1764965738","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/canoes-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}