Marie-Claire Blais first appeared on the literary landscape fully formed at the age of 20; her debut, La Belle Bête (translated into English as Mad Shadows), caused a furor in her home province of Quebec. The novel’s ferocious intensity and
The Librarianist Patrick deWitt House of Anansi Press, July Award winner Patrick deWitt returns after 2018’s French Exit with this novel about retired librarian Bog Comet who lives a solitary life surrounded by his books. An unexpected encounter with a confused elderly woman leads to a volunteer position at a local seniors’ centre, ultimately revealing