The Longest Year

Spanning three centuries and set against the backdrop of the Appalachians from Quebec to Tennessee, The Longest Year is a magical and poignant story about family history, fateful dates, fragile destinies, and lives brutally ended and mysteriously extended.

About the author

DANIEL GRENIER was born in Brossard, Quebec, in 1980. His debut short story collection, Malgré tout on rit à Saint-Henri was published in 2012, and his first novel, L'anée la plus longue (The Longest Year), won the Prix littéraire des collégiens and was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for French Fiction, the Prix des libraires, and the Prix littéraire France-Québec. Grenier has also translated numerous English-language works into French. He lives in Quebec City.

Summary

Spanning three centuries and set against the backdrop of the Appalachians from Quebec to Tennessee, The Longest Year is a magical and poignant story about family history, fateful dates, fragile destinies, and lives brutally ended and mysteriously extended.

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Product details

• Authors: Daniel Grenier
• Assisted by: Pablo Strauss (Translation), Strauss Pablo (Translation)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 31.12.2022
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature
• EAN: 9781487001537
• ISBN: 978-1-4870-0153-7
• Pages: 384
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Dimensions (packing): 13.3 x 20.3 x 2.2 cm
• Weight (packing): 421 g
• Subjects: Fantasy, FICTION / Sagas, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Magical Realism, Magical Realism, Fiction: general and literary, Saga fiction (family / generational sagas)