And Miles To Go Before I Sleep
by Jocelyne Saucier trans. Rhonda Mullins
Description
After And The Birds Rained Down, a stunning meditation on aging and freedom (with more than 3,000 Goodreads ratings), Jocelyne Saucier is back with this unsettling story about a woman’s disappearance.
Gladys might look old and frail, but she is determined to finish her life on her own terms. And so, one September morning, she leaves Swastika, her home of the past fifty years, and hops on the Northlander train, eager to put thousands of miles of northern Quebec between her and the improbably named village, and leaving behind her perennially tormented daughter, Lisana.
Our mysterious narrator, who is documenting these disappearing northern trains, is on a quest to uncover the truth of Gladys’s voyage, tracking down fellow passengers and train employees to learn what happened to Gladys and her daughter, and why.
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Reviews
‘A journey as geographical as it is interior … a bumpy route, but one punctuated by contemplative pleasures, by small, lost joys … Simultaneously introspective and captivating, [And Miles to Go … ] reconnects us to what is essential.’ – Les Libraires
Author Biography
JOCELYNE SAUCIER lives in Abitibi, Québec. Two of her previous novels were finalists for Canada’s Governor General’s Award. Il pleuvait des oiseaux (And the Birds Rained Down) garnered her the Prix des Cinq continents de la Francophonie, making her the first Canadian to win the award. The book was adapted into a feature-length film that debuted at TIFF.
RHONDA MULLINS received the 2015 Governor General’s Literary Award for translating Jocelyne Saucier’s Twenty-One Cardinals. Rhonda currently lives in Montréal.
Bibliographic Information
- Publisher Coach House Books
- Publication Date June 2021
- Orginal LanguageFrench
- ISBN/Identifier 9781552454213
- Publication Country or regionCanada
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 21.95 CAD
- Pages196
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusUnpublished
- Dimensions8 x 5 inches
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