by Miriam Toews · Les Hores · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788494677526
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Les Tristes Recances is a moving novel by Miriam Toews, exploring themes of family, mental health, and the difficult decisions we face in life. The story centers on two sisters, Elf and Yoli, who must deal with the mental illness of one of them and the complex family dynamics that arise. The novel is written in Catalan and has been praised for its emotionality and human depth.
Miriam Toews is a Canadian writer and author of ten books, including A Complicated Kindness (2004), All My Puny Sorrows (2014), and Women Talking (2018). She has won a number of literary prizes including the Governor General's Award for Fiction and the Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award for her body of work. Toews is also a three-time finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and a two-time winner of the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.
