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Portrait of a husband with the ashes of his wife
Pan Bouyoucas and Sheila Fischman (Translator)
Guernica Editions, Fall 2018
138 pages
Trade Paperback
ISBN13: 9781771832632
ISBN10: 1771832630
English
Translated from the French
$20.00 Canada, $20.00 US
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Portrait of a Husband with the Ashes of His Wife addresses themes of destiny and the repercussions of our choices. Before she dies, actress Alma Joncas instructs her husband to bury her ashes where she was happiest. He decides that was their garden. But relatives, friends and Alma's colleagues disagree. After they tell him where they think she was happiest, not only is he no longer sure about the garden, he wonders if he truly knew the woman he was married to for twenty-four years.
Alma Joncas was one of the most acclaimed, the most venerated actresses in all Quebec. Until the day she turned fifty.
Bouyoucas constructs a narrative marked by a sensitivity, a subtlety of analysis and an ability to grasp the ambiguities that make us human … And like a magician, he makes the whole thing hum along zestfully.
Suzanne Giguère, Le Devoir
A very profound and touching book.
Aude Jimenez, Radio-Canada International
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