The country will bring us no peace : a novel without music /
A novel about silence, tinged with the fantastic, The Country Will Bring Us No Peace sneaks the brutality of grief into your imagination. Simon and Marie can't seem to have a baby. And so they flee the city for an idyllic village, where things will certainly be better. But the town is gloomy, e...
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the French. |
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Toronto :
Coach House Books,
[2019]
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| Edition: | First English language edition. |
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| Summary: | A novel about silence, tinged with the fantastic, The Country Will Bring Us No Peace sneaks the brutality of grief into your imagination. Simon and Marie can't seem to have a baby. And so they flee the city for an idyllic village, where things will certainly be better. But the town is gloomy, even hostile, things haven't been the same since the factory closed down and a broadcast antenna was erected. Now there are no birds singing, and people have started disappearing. |
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| Item Description: | "Originally published as Ici, ailleurs by Les Éditions Alto, 2017"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 124 pages : portraits ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781552453933 1552453936 |