{"product_id":"mai-at-the-predators-ball-paperback","title":"Mai at the Predators' Ball - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarie-Claire Blais\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNigel Spencer\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Governor General's Literary Award: Translation. Shortlisted for the Cole Foundation Prize for Translation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiterary legend and four-time winner of the Governor General's Literary Award Marie-Claire Blais delivers the latest installment in her ongoing portrait of life in contemporary North America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this swirling fresco, we meet unforgettable characters, some familiar from previous works, some new. This time, Blais lets us into the consciousness of fifteen-year-old Mai, an unusually perceptive young woman whose uncensored observations on femininity and youth, freedom and constraint belie her age. And, in the Porte du Baiser Saloon, we meet a group of boys who adorn themselves in colourful dresses and wigs before they take to the stage to sing and dance every evening after darkness falls. They open their arms to those who are excluded -- both men and women, triumphant and threatened, both free and bound.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith this astonishing new novel, Blais gives us a remarkable chronicle of our modern age teeming with characters who seem to represent the whole of humanity. She invites us to share the drama of perfect joy, the tragedy of happiness, and she gives us her best work yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarie-Claire Blais\u003c\/b\u003e is the internationally revered author of more than twenty-five books, many which have been published around the world. In addition to the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction, which she has won four times, Blais has been awarded the Gilles-Corbeil Prize, the Me´dicis Prize, the Molson Prize, and Guggenheim Fellowships. She divides her time between Quebec and Florida. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNigel Spencer\u003c\/b\u003e is a two-time winner of the Governor General's Literary Award for Translation, as well as being an author and editor. He has translated several works by Marie-Claire Blais, including \u003ci\u003eThunder and Light, Augustino and the Choir of Destruction, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRebecca, Born in the Maelstrom\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 09, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Governor General's Literary Awards (2012)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47497479618781,"sku":"9781770890053","price":21.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/JM9IRcHJN59781770890053.webp?v=1771980755","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/mai-at-the-predators-ball-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}