Fiction
And the Birds Rained Down
by Jocelyne Saucier
Description
July 29, 1916. In the woods of Northern Ontario, the flames are rising. Soon, this will be known as the Great Fire of Matheson, one of many forest fires that ravaged the province in the beginning of the 20th century. On that day, the young Boychuck will narrowly escape death, forever scarred by the sight of his homeland in ashes.
Many decades later, a photographer takes interest in the survivors of those Great Fires. She will come to know some of them, venerable old hermits living deep in the woods, still prizing their freedom.
Other tormented souls will come into this story of survival and dignity, a shining demonstration that love, hope and the desire to be free do not wither with age.
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Film rights sold: movie adaptation released in 2019
Rights sold in 15 languages
Rights available: Brazil
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AWARDS
Prix des collégiens
Prix des lecteurs Radio-Canada Prix desCinq continents de la Francophonie
Prix Les irrésistibles
Prix France-Québec
Prix Salon du livre de Montréal
Prix Ringuet
Reviews
“Truly marvellous.” —Voir
“A highly inspired novel, incredibly human.”
— Elle Québec
Author Biography
Jocelyne Saucier is a novelist. Her first three novels, La vie comme une image (finalist, Governor General's Award), The Heirs of the Mine (finalist, France-Quebec Award) and Jeanne sur les Routes (finalist, Governor General's Award and Ringuet Award) were warmly received by critics. And the birds rained down, her ode to freedom published in 2011, has won him numerous awards and won the hearts of a very large audience in fifteen languages, in addition to having been the subject of a movie adaptation by Louise Archambault.
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- Publisher Éditions XYZ
- Orginal LanguageFrench
- Publication Country or regionCanada
- Pages200
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleIl Pleuvait des Oiseaux
- Copyright Year2011
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