“Glover’s Elle, or Marguerite de Roberval, is a magnificent hail Mary of pure imagination: a child of the Enlightenment also versed in Hellenist philosophy and Gallic folk wisdom; a ferociously lustful and free-spirited appetite; a standing code for life when it’s lived between worlds; but also a ribald, raunchy wit with a talent for searing self-investigation. Douglas Glover's ELLE is a tale of a young woman who was abandoned on an island in the mouth of the St. Lawrence river in Thoroughly researched, this story is based on the true tale of Marguerite de la Rocque. Elle (her name is never given in the novel) is 4/5(7). Elle is a lusty, subversive riff on the discovery of the New World, the moment of first contact. Based on a true story, Elle chronicles t. Imagine a 16th-century society belle turned Robinson Crusoe, a female Don Quixote with an Inuit Sancho Panza, and you'll have an inkling of what's in store in Douglas Glover's outrageously Rabelaisian new novel -- his first in ten years/5.
Elle is written by Douglas Glover and published by ACP - Goose Lane Editions. The Digital and eTextbook ISBNs for Elle are , and the print ISBNs are , Save up to 80% versus print by going digital with VitalSource. Additional ISBNs for this eTextbook include , , , This is an adaptation of a Governor General award-winning novel by Douglas Glover. Based on a true story from the life of Marguerite de Roberval, Elle chronicles the ordeals and adventures of a young French woman marooned on the desolate Isle of Demons in at the time of France's ill-fated third attempt to colonize Canada. Elle by Douglas Glover and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru
Douglas Glover's ELLE is a tale of a young woman who was abandoned on an island in the mouth of the St. Lawrence river in Thoroughly researched, this story is based on the true tale of Marguerite de la Rocque. Elle (her name is never given in the novel) is deposited by her uncle with her lover and nursemaid. He is the author of two works of literary criticism, including The Enamoured Knight, a recent book on Don Quixote, and nine books of fiction, including 16 Categories of Desire, A Guide to Animal Behaviour, The Life and Times of Captain N., and the best-selling historical novel Elle, winner of the Governor General's Award for Fiction. Douglas Glover worked in the newsrooms of daily papers in Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Quebec, before publishing Precious in Elle: A Novel. Douglas Glover. Published by Goose Lane Editions, Fredericton, NB, ISBN ISBN
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