by Nancy Huston · ACTES SUD · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782742708710
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«Instruments des ténèbres» is the novel by Nancy Huston, published by Actes Sud in paperback (416 pages, in French).
A writer who calls herself Nada reconstructs an old real case: the story of Barbe Durand, a French maid executed in 1712 after concealing a pregnancy resulting from forced relations, while recalling her childhood in a Catholic family marked by her father's alcoholism and her mother's truncated career as a violinist. Both voices intertwine in a reflection on creation and inspiration.
It was awarded the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens and the Prix du Livre Inter. It is part of the series 'Un endroit où aller'.
For readers of literary fiction who appreciate novels with dual plots and a musical backdrop.
Nancy Louise Huston is a Canadian novelist and essayist, a longtime resident of France, who writes primarily in French and translates her own works into English.
