Book Description
This attractive trade paperback collection of Anne Hébert's later novels includes some of the most accomplished and best loved fiction of her more than sixty-year career, and features an introduction by her dear friend and fellow acclaimed ex-pat writer, Mavis Gallant. This volume contains the beautiful and tragic Burden of Dreams, winner of the Governor General's Award for French fiction; Aurélien, Clara, Mademoiselle, and the English Lieutenant, a shimmering fable that captivates and dazzles with its simple beauty; Am I disturbing you?, the raw and chaotic tale of a distraught young woman, nominated for the Giller Prize; and A Suit of Light, Hébert's final novel about the realization of one family's dangerous dreams. A genuine Hébert treasure trove, Collected Later Novels celebrates one of Canada's most important writers.

About the Author
Anne Hébert is the author of numerous novels, plays, and poetry, including Am I Disturbing You?, A Suit of Light, and Kamouraska. She has won numerous literary awards, including three Governor General's Awards, the Prix David, the Prix France-Canada, the Prix Duvernay, the Molson Prize, and the Prix Fémina for Les Fous de Bassan.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

This volume contains four of the later novels from Anne H￯﾿ﾽbert's 60-year career: the beautiful and tragic Burden of Dreams, winner of the Governor General's Award for French fiction; Aur￯﾿ﾽlien, Clara, Mademoiselle, and the English Lieutenant, a shimmering fable that captivates and dazzles with its simple beauty; Am I Disturbing You?, the raw and chaotic tale of a distraught young woman, nominated for Canada's prestigious Giller Prize; and A Suit of Light, H￯﾿ﾽbert's final novel, an exquisite story about the realization of one family's dangerous dreams. Each is translated by Canada's preeminent translator of French fiction, Sheila Fischman, and an intimate portrait of the author by her friend Mavis Gallant introduces the volume.