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Mad Shadows

By Marie-Claire Blais
Afterword by Daphne Marlatt

By Marie-Claire Blais
Afterword by Daphne Marlatt

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Category: Fiction

Paperback $19.95

Aug 12, 2008 | ISBN 9780771093524

Mad Shadows by Marie-Claire Blais
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About Mad Shadows

A harrowing pathology of the soul, Mad Shadows centres on a family group: Patrice, the beautiful and narcissistic son; his ugly and malicious sister, Isabelle-Marie; and Louise, their vain and uncomprehending mother. These characters inhabit an amoral universe where beauty reflects no truth and love is an empty delusion. Each character is ultimately annihilated by their own obsessions.

Acclaimed and reviled when it exploded on the Quebec literary scene in 1959, Mad Shadows initiated a new era in Quebec fiction.

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About Marie-Claire Blais

Marie-Claire Blais was born in Quebec City in 1939. Blais’ first novel, Mad Shadows (1959), amounted to a literary revolution in Quebec. The book ushered in a new era in Quebec fiction with its nightmarish depiction of the obsessions and… More about Marie-Claire Blais

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Category: Fiction

Paperback | $19.95
Published by New Canadian Library
Aug 12, 2008 | 144 Pages | 5-1/8 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780771093524
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