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Parallel to Life
André Roy and Daniel Sloate (Translator)
Guernica Editions, Spring 2001
96 pages
Trade Paperback
ISBN13: 9781550711431
ISBN10: 1550711431
English
$12.00 Canada, $12.00 US
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This book celebrates the life of the writer, its passions, its rewards and of course its conflicts and pain. One is tempted to call it a Journal, but there are no anecdotes. André Roy writes short fragments, much like epigrams. The passion of writing is present on every page. In 1986 Roy won the Governor general's Award for his book of poems and prose pieces, Action Writing. The Passions of Mr. Desire, translated by Daniel Sloate, was published in 1986 (Guernica).
André Roy's notes are focused on the writer, his craft, his devotion to his chosen lifestyle, and on the near-religious obligations this choice entails. The entire book is an attempt to define the ineffable: why is a writer a writer?
Daniel Sloate
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