Mister Blue

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ISBN-10: 1935744313
ISBN-13: 9781935744313
Publisher: Archipelago Books
Publish Date: 12/09/2011
Dimensions: 6.40" L, 5.50" W, 0.70" H

Mister Blue

byJacques Poulin
Translator: Sheila Fischman

Paperback

Price: $16.00

Overview

One of Jacques Poulin’s masterpieces, this tender and perceptive tale explores the textures of solitude, compassion, language, fear, and the imagination. Meet Jim: writer suffering from vivid dreams and bouts of writer’s block. Meet Mister Blue, a dignified and prophetic cat and Jim’s sole companion that spring on the Île d’Orléans. That is, until the day they discover a copy of The Arabian Nights in a cave along the beach. Tinged with heartbreak as well as joy, Mister Blue is a novel of subtle shadows and emotions, of wide-open blue sky–a ballet of the possible.

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Reviews
One of my favorite writers in the world is Jacques Poulin. –Rawi Hage

This is a great and very beautiful novel. –Le Devoir

Poulin shares a mix of detached humor, fantasy, and compassion with Vonnegut and Salinger. –Saskatoon Star-Phoenix

The writer hiding from the world in his house on the beach is as shy and charming and friendly as this light, generous, refreshing novel. . . told with Hemingway-like sparseness and minimal melodrama...Poulin earns his lump-in-the-throat ending. –Shelf Awareness

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Details

ISBN-10: 1935744313
ISBN-13: 9781935744313
Publisher: Archipelago Books
Publish Date: 12/09/2011
Dimensions: 6.40" L, 5.50" W, 0.70" H
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