When Gabriel Rivages recounts the life of Olympic gold medalist and silver-screen heart-throb Johnny Weissmuller (1904-1984), he brings to life a vibrant patchwork of America’s 20th century, from...
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Author: Plamondon, Éric, Nasrallah, DimitriSummary: -
Author: Nasrallah, DimitriSummary:
Winner, 2011 Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction Longlisted for the 2013 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlisted for CBC Canada Reads 2016 Swiftly paced, poignantly moving, and...
Genre: War fiction, Canadian fiction -
Author: Nasrallah, DimitriSummary:
An election sets the stage for Oedipal rivalry and civil revolt. An intimate novel about the levers of power and privilege that shape the lives of the people most affected by war and insurrection...
Genre: Political fiction -
Author: Nasrallah, DimitriSummary:
A vivid love letter to the 1980s and one woman’s struggle to overcome the challenges of immigration. It’s 1986, and after four months of unemployment Muna Heddad is in a bind. She and her son have...
Genre: Canadian fiction, Historical fiction -
Author: Nasrallah, DimitriSummary:
Beyrouth, 1984. Muna embrasse Halim pour la dernière fois, avant qu'il ne s'évapore dans un brouillard de poussière soulevé par les combats de rue. Deux ans plus tard, elle et son fils Omar,...