Elle
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Winner, Governor General's Award for FictionShortlisted, IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and Commonwealth Writers' PrizeA 16th-century belle turned Robinson Crusoe, a female Don Quixote with an Inuit... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0864923155
ISBN13:9780864923158
Release Date:April 2003
Publisher:Goose Lane Editions
Length:206 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 5.6" x 8.4"
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Fantastic! If you liked Life of Pi this book is a must.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
Elle chronicles the unbelievable story of a French woman's first contact with the New World during Cartier's third and last attempt to colonize Canada. She's marooned on the desolate "Isle de Demons" on the coast of Newfoundland where a heartwrenching yet wondous experience awaits her. I haven't been this engrossed by a book in ages. It's raw and richly imaginative, yet manages to provide a historical picture of what it must have been like to live in Canada in the 1540's. At times hilarious, and other times breathtakingly beautiful, this is the kind of book you won't want to put down until it's finished, and when it's finished you might just be inclined to read it again.
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