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All That Glitters

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title All That Glitters
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Martine Desjardins
Translated by Fred A. Reed
Translated by David Homel
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:160
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 153
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780889225206
ClassificationsDewey:843.914
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Talon Books,Canada
Imprint Talon Books,Canada
Publication Date 15 March 2005
Publication Country Canada

Description

In 1914, Simon Dulac enrolls in a Canadian contingent of military police, a perfect cover for his real ambition-to comb the battlefields of Europe unhindered in his search for the legendary Templar treasure said to have been buried in Flanders in 1807. An inveterate and uncannily lucky gambler, Dulac encounters Nell, who has come to the trenches to practice suturing wounds, forbidden to nurses in her native England. Masterful, transgressive and erudite. Desjardins's second novel constructs a narrative tapestry woven of the most elusive threads of meaning and signification.

Author Biography

Martine Desjardins's first novel, Le Cercle de Clara (Lemeac 1997), was nominated for both the Prix litteraires du Quebec and the Grand prix des lectrices Elle Quebec in 1998. It was published in English by Talonbooks as Fairy Ring (2001) and won the Governor General's Award for Translation in 2001. David Homel has been a journalist, editor, literary translator, and teacher. Fred A. Reed is an international journalist, acclaimed author, and award-winning translator.

Reviews

"All That Glitters compels and disturbs, leaving us with questions about chance and fate, love and war." -- Montreal Review of Books