Praise
One of my favorite writers in the world is Jacques Poulin.
This is a great and very beautiful novel.
The writer hiding from the world in his house on the beach is as shy and charming and friendly as this light, generous, refreshing novel. . . told with Hemingway-like sparseness and minimal melodrama. . .Poulin earns his lump-in-the-throat ending.
Extras
Peruse translator Sheila Fischman’s interview with carte blanche in which she explains how she got into translating and how she’s managed to be so prolific, translating more than 125 books in her lifetime thus far.
A selected bibliography of secondary literature on Jacques Poulin’s work.