Sports and Pastimes - Couverture souple

Baril Guérard, Jean-Philippe

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1771663502 ISBN 13 : 9781771663502

Editeur : Book*hug, 2017

Synopsis

Inspired by Erik Satie's work of the same name, Sports and Pastimes is the latest novel by acclaimed Montreal playwright and author Jean-Philippe Baril Guérard. Translated by Aimee Wall (whose translation of Vickie Gendreau's Testament for BookThug in 2016 drew critical reviews), this fast-paced story follows the daily life, at once empty and overloaded, of a group of friends who spend all their energy trying to distract themselves with huge hits of endorphins, art and various substances, navigating pleasure and boredom, the extraordinary and the banal, as (more or less) worthy representatives of the best and worst of what their era has to offer. Praise for Sports and Pastimes : ""Guérard's short sentences (in Aimee Wall's translation) turn on a dime, crisply characterizing both the shallow, rich youth who move in these circles and the narrator, who loves to hate them."" -- Quill and Quire

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Newfoundland-native Aimee Wall is a writer and translator. Her essays, short fiction, and criticism have appeared in numerous publications, including Maisonneuve, Matrix Magazine, the Montreal Review of Books, and Lemon Hound. Wall's translations include Vickie Gendreau's novels Testament (2016), and Drama Queens (2019), and Sports and Pastimes by Jean-Philippe Baril Guérard (2017). She lives in Montreal. We, Jane is her first novel.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Book*hug
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1771663502
• ISBN 13: 9781771663502
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 200
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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