Larry Tremblay: 10 books

The asocial, sexually repressed Edgar, kneeling in grief at his mother’s graveside, turns abruptly to witness a terrifying and life-altering event: the brutal rape of a young woman. Compelled by muddled instinct (and ingrained religious conviction), our hero bears the unconscious victim home, solemnly...

Edgar est un trentenaire timide qui a toujours vécu dans l’ombre de sa mère, décédée depuis peu. Une nuit, il assiste à la violente agression d’une jeune femme. Edgar décide de recueillir chez lui la victime inconsciente. Mais que sait véritablement le jeune homme de la personne qu’il...

Twin brothers Amed and Aziz live in the peaceful shade of their family’s orange grove. But when a bomb kills the boys’ grandparents, the war that plagues their country changes their lives forever. Blood must repay blood, and, in order to avenge their grandparents’ deaths, one brother must offer...

War Cantata translated by Keith Turnbull How far will humanity go in its quest for power? Why do we desire to eliminate each other through war? War Cantata looks at ways the impulse for violence is transmitted from one generation to the next; for example, when a father teaches his son hatred to transform...

Una poderosa historia, ambientada en Oriente Próximo, que muestra como la guerra, la religión, el odio y la venganza destruyen las vidas de inocentes convirtiéndolos en mártires. Cuando Ahmed llora, su hermano Aziz llora también, y cuando Ahmed ríe, su hermano Aziz ríe también. Ambos...

Absurd, hilarious and haunting, Abraham Lincoln Goes to the Theatre is an unforgettable mystery that asks the question: How can we ever know who we are and what is true when the world we know is shifting beneath us? Its answer is simple: John Wilkes Booth was the ?rst American star-the actor who kidnapped reality to transform it into theatre.

Vingt-six auteurs. Vingt-six lettres. Vingt-six adresses publiques. Un abécédaire. Une refondation de la parole et du sens des mots. La langue, les mots, leurs sens ont le pouvoir de lier une communauté autour d’images, de référents, de débats. Ils ont aussi le dos large. Souvent—particulièrement...

Singularly obsessed with his all-consuming passion for Anna, the object of his adolescent desire, the photographer Christophe Langelier is beside himself. Ten years ago, he failed the test of eating a bicycle for her as proof of his love and devotion. Since then, he has created a photographic catalogue...

Three tales spin a web of suspense, impending violence and tragedy that haunt the sleek façade of a city.

Some will tell you that there is no cure for Functional digestive disorders (FDDs), like dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) Without being completely cured, with the help of regular internal exercises I developed, I live my life as if I was, because at the earliest sign of pain or symptoms...