Overview
A Matter of Gravity is a playful and touching treatment of illness and tragedy, in which an enigmatic manuscript brings together two disparate male characters. Black humor and compassion brilliantly illuminate their tragic encounter. Helene Vachon is the author of two novels and more than twenty works of children's literature. Her books have been nominated for many prizes, including the Governor General's Literary Award and the Mr. Christie's Book Award. Howard Scott is a Montreal literary translator who specializes in the genres of fiction and nonfiction. Phyllis Aronoff is former president of the Literary Translators' Association of Canada.
Full Product Details
Author: Helene Vachon ,
Phyllis Aronoff ,
Howard Scott
Publisher: Talonbooks
Imprint: Talonbooks
Dimensions:
Width: 12.70cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 21.50cm
Weight: 0.311kg
ISBN: 9780889228405
ISBN 10: 088922840
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 17 July 2014
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Full of insightful comments about existence and life and death and purpose and disappointment. ... It's almost like magic realism, but there's nothing magic about it. Everything that happens could be real and true ... And yet, there is a magicality in the story, a roughness around the edges of every new scene - Words on Pages A gem of a novel that is both grave and cheerful. We sense Boris Vian's influence in the rollicking way the author deals with disease and tragedy, but the text carves its own path through constant innovation. [A Matter of Gravity] may well lead us to death's door, but its main impact is to stir the blood in our veins. - Voir You take leave of this book with renewed joy in your heart. - Jean Fugere A beautiful, surprising novel that speaks with tenderness and dark humour. - La Semaine A meditation on disease, death, and old age ... [A Matter of Gravity] tackles these difficult issues with surprising grace. - La Presse
A beautiful, surprising novel that speaks with tenderness and dark humour. - La Semaine A gem of a novel that is both grave and cheerful. We sense Boris Vian's influence in the rollicking way the author deals with disease and tragedy, but the text carves its own path through constant innovation. [A Matter of Gravity] may well lead us to death's door, but its main impact is to stir the blood in our veins. - Voir A meditation on disease, death, and old age ... [A Matter of Gravity] tackles these difficult issues with surprising grace. - La Presse Full of insightful comments about existence and life and death and purpose and disappointment. ... It's almost like magic realism, but there's nothing magic about it. Everything that happens could be real and true ... And yet, there is a magicality in the story, a roughness around the edges of every new scene - Words on Pages You take leave of this book with renewed joy in your heart. - Jean Fugere
Author Information
After studying French literature in Quebec and France, Helene Vachon began working for the Quebec Ministry of Culture and Communications. Since 1995, she has published two novels, more than twenty works of children's literature, a number of translations. Her books, most notably the Somerset series, La tete ailleurs, Singuliers voyageurs, and L'arbre tombe, have been nominated for many prizes. Vachon won both the Governor General's Literary Award and the Mr. Christie's Book Award in 2002 for L'oiseau de passage. She lives near Quebec City. lives in Montreal. She has a master's degree in English literature. The Wanderer, her translation of La Quebecoite by Regine Robin, won the 1998 Jewish Book Award for fiction. She and Howard Scott were awarded the 2001 Quebec Writers' Federation Translation Award for The Great Peace of Montreal of 1701. She is currently president of the LTAC. is a Montreal literary translator who specializes in the genres of fiction and non-fiction. He is a past president of the Literary Translators' Association of Canada. His literary translations include works by Madeleine Gagnon and Quebec science fiction writer lisabeth Vonarburg. In 1997, Scott received the prestigious Governor General's Translation Award for his work on Louky Bersianik's The Euguelion. In 1999, his translation of ""The Eighth Register,"" a science fiction story by Alain Bergeron, won the Sidewise Award for Alternate History for best short-form.
