To See Out the Night
In these 12 short stories, scurrying insects and luminous jellyfish reveal a predatory world of childhood fairy tales, lurking shadows, and unrelenting fevers. Individuals are swallowed up by cities and bogs in a celebration of nature and humanity, in all their terrifying glory. Throughout, Clerson drawsand blursthe lines between man and beast, life and death, as characters strive to see out the night.
PRAISE FOR TO SEE OUT THE NIGHT
David Clerson is one of the best-kept secrets in Quebec literature. Absolutely fascinating! Les Effrontées
These short stories by David Clerson land somewhere between Kafka, Horacio Quiroga, and Raymond Carver . . . Unusual, tragic, and funny. (Simon Boulerice, arts columnist)
Clerson's strange fables lend themselves to shifts in meaning, curious associations, unusual combinations. (Laurence Perron, Lettres québécoises)
David Clerson has captured the malaise of our times. (Josée Boileau, Journal de Montréal)
A powerful world where the fantastic meets the organic in compelling fashion. (Jury, Grand Prix du livre de Montréal)
David Clerson toys with reality. Whether his characters are fleeing it, reinterpreting it, or trying to make sense of it, the unexpected paths they take cast our lives in a different light. (Sophie Ouimet, La Presse)
In an apocalyptic world where myth meets dystopia, these short stories conjure up a recognizable present by drawing on the fantastical and the unusual . . . At once comic and profoundly melancholic, this is probably also David Clerson's most political book. He imagines (without requiring a huge leap of the imagination) a world that ignores its intellectuals as much as it does its misfits. (Dominic Tardif, Le Devoir)
A collection of short stories that reads like a thriller, tinged with horror and the uncanny. A remarkable piece of writing. (Coop Zone Bookstore)
About the Author
David Clerson was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, in 1978 and lives in Montreal. His first novel, Brothers, also translated by Katia Grubisic for QC Fiction, was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for Translation and a National Post Book of the Year.
About the translator
Katia Grubisic is a writer, editor, and translator. She has published translations of works by Marie-Claire Blais, Martine Delvaux, and Stéphane Martelly. Her translation of David Clerson's first novel, Brothers, was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for translation.
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PRAISE FOR TO SEE OUT THE NIGHT
David Clerson is one of the best-kept secrets in Quebec literature. Absolutely fascinating! Les Effrontées
These short stories by David Clerson land somewhere between Kafka, Horacio Quiroga, and Raymond Carver . . . Unusual, tragic, and funny. (Simon Boulerice, arts columnist)
Clerson's strange fables lend themselves to shifts in meaning, curious associations, unusual combinations. (Laurence Perron, Lettres québécoises)
David Clerson has captured the malaise of our times. (Josée Boileau, Journal de Montréal)
A powerful world where the fantastic meets the organic in compelling fashion. (Jury, Grand Prix du livre de Montréal)
David Clerson toys with reality. Whether his characters are fleeing it, reinterpreting it, or trying to make sense of it, the unexpected paths they take cast our lives in a different light. (Sophie Ouimet, La Presse)
In an apocalyptic world where myth meets dystopia, these short stories conjure up a recognizable present by drawing on the fantastical and the unusual . . . At once comic and profoundly melancholic, this is probably also David Clerson's most political book. He imagines (without requiring a huge leap of the imagination) a world that ignores its intellectuals as much as it does its misfits. (Dominic Tardif, Le Devoir)
A collection of short stories that reads like a thriller, tinged with horror and the uncanny. A remarkable piece of writing. (Coop Zone Bookstore)
About the Author
David Clerson was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, in 1978 and lives in Montreal. His first novel, Brothers, also translated by Katia Grubisic for QC Fiction, was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for Translation and a National Post Book of the Year.
About the translator
Katia Grubisic is a writer, editor, and translator. She has published translations of works by Marie-Claire Blais, Martine Delvaux, and Stéphane Martelly. Her translation of David Clerson's first novel, Brothers, was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for translation.
David Clerson
**David Clerson**, né à Sherbrooke en 1978, est un romancier québécois dont l’œuvre, à la fois déroutante et poétique, explore les marges de la société et les recoins de l’imaginaire. Il a été finaliste de plusieurs prix littéraires, dont le Grand Prix du livre de Montréal et les Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général. *Les années désertées*, son cinquième roman, confirme son statut d’auteur incontournable de la littérature québécoise contemporaine.
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