Lise Bissonnette: 5 books

De Maurice Sand, l’histoire culturelle et littéraire n’a en général retenu que son état de fils bien-aimé de la plus célèbre écrivaine du 19 e siècle. Pourtant, son oeuvre – qui allie peinture, dessin, illustration, théâtre, histoire de l’art et sciences naturelles – porte la...

An art critic dies alone, leaving only a letter to a former lover about the women and men he has loved. But it's a letter that discloses too much -- a final lifting of imposture that must nevertheless remain concealed. Affairs of Art, both tender and harsh, tells the story of Francois Dubeau,...

In the stifling heat of summer in a northern Canadian mining town, Marie, a young teacher, is fascinated by her new friend Corrine, a waitress who is determined to squeeze every drop of experience and sensation from life. As summer ends, Marie marries an immigrant from Eastern Europe. She has...

From the acclaimed author of Following the Summer and Affairs of Art come these stories that convey the betrayal that accompanies every love story, seek to dispel all illusion, and recommend malice as state of grace. In the end vengeance emerges -- hot, velvety, coursing with passion and blood, and, surprisingly, capable of forging the most lasting ties between people.

Full of the mordant wit and unflinching observations we've come to admire in Bissonette's earlier, award-winning novels and stories, An Appropriate Place is as much a commentary on the triumphs and self-deception of the political generation that refashioned Quebec as it is a dramatic story of one...