Hubert Aquin: 3 books

Juste avant de mourir, Hubert Aquin a eu le temps de trouver un titre à ce recueil d'essais et d'ordonner les textes qui le composent. Depuis, Blocs erratiques est devenu un classique de notre littérature. II rassemble des textes qui balisent le parcours de cet écrivain exceptionnel auréole d'une...

Written as a screenplay, Hamlet’s Twin chronicles the unusual honeymoon of a contemporary young couple, Nicholas and Sylvie Vanhesse, as they travel to Norway, and, eventually, to a mythical archipelago near the North Pole. Nicholas, while playing Fortinbras in a television production of Hamlet,...

This bilingual edition is the first English translation of Aquin's ground-breaking novella. Alone in exotic Naples, an impassioned François anticipates the arrival of girlfriend Hélène. Uncertainty and impatience warp his waiting into an obsessive mélange of recollection and speculation. His...