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By Jonathan Kaplansky Helene Rioux ISBN: 9781897151891format: Paperback series: Fragments of the World pages: 368 publisher: Cormorant Books pub. date: 2010-11-02 |
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What is paradise? An unscented flower? A plumed bird? A high theatre balcony? Is it a medieval city surrounded by walls, a desert oasis, or the bare, virgin expanses of the North? For some, paradise is the familiar, idealized: a garden with rivers of milk and honey; a childhood remembered but never lived. For others, it is a far-off destination: a dreary landscape beyond the constellations, where cherubs play the lyre upon clouds; a room in which to await resurrection. Wandering Souls in Paradise Lost frames cab drivers, exotic dancers, revellers, mourners, and geniuses - from places like Montreal, New York, Corsica, Cabarete, and Heaven itself - within the space of one Spring solstice day. Using ardent, melodic prose, author Hlne Rioux pieces together their disparate lives to form a mosaic of the human longing for a better existence. Wandering Souls of Paradise Lost is the second novel in Hlne Rioux's four-part Fragments of the World series. The first novel, Wednesday Night at the End of the World, was published by Cormorant Books Inc. in 2009.
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