Susan Ouriou

Catherine Leroux

Future

Madame Victoria

In an alternate history in which the French never surrendered Detroit, children protect their own kingdom in the trees.

In an alternate history of Detroit, the Motor City was never surrendered to the US. Its residents deal with pollution, poverty, and the legacy of racism—and strange and magical things are happening: children rule over their own kingdom in the trees and burned houses regenerate themselves. When Gloria arrives looking for answers and her missing granddaughters, at first she finds only a hungry mouse in the derelict home where her daughter was murdered. But the neighbours take pity on her and she turns to their resilience and impressive gardens for sustenance.

When a strange intuition sends Gloria into the woods of Parc Rouge, where the city’s orphaned and abandoned children are rumored to have created their own society, she can’t imagine the strength she will find. A richly imagined story of community and a plea for persistence in the face of our uncertain future, The Future is a lyrical testament to the power we hold to protect the people and places we love—together.

The Future

Shortlisted for Canada Reads 2024 • One of Tor.com's Can't Miss Speculative Fiction for Fall 2023 • Listed in CBC Books Fiction to Read in Fall 2023 • One of Kirkus Reviews' Fall 2023 Big Books By Small Presses • One of CBC Books Best Books of 2023 In an alternate history in which the French never surrendered Detroit, children protect their own kingdom in the trees. In an alternate history of Detroit, the Motor City was never surrendered to the US. Its residents deal with pollution, poverty, and the legacy of racism—and strange and magical things are happening: children rule over their own kingdom in the trees and burned houses regenerate themselves. When Gloria arrives looking for answers and her missing granddaughters, at first she finds only a hungry mouse in the derelict home where her daughter was murdered. But the neighbours take pity on her and she turns to their resilience and impressive gardens for sustenance. When a strange intuition sends Gloria into the woods of Parc Rouge, where the city’s orphaned and abandoned children are rumored to have created their own society, she can’t imagine the strength she will find. A richly imagined story of community and a plea for persistence in the face of our uncertain future, The Future is a lyrical testament to the power we hold to protect the people and places we love—together.

L'avenir

C'est l'histoire d'une famille racontée à travers ses membres, ses lieux, ses satellites. Un chef de clan amoureux de sa reine, qui vit sans le savoir un compte à rebours. Une demi-soeur qui ne veut plus parler à qui que ce soit pour le reste de ses jours. Un fils violent et sans remords réfugié derrière un écran. Une tante qui cherche à se guérir à coups de séances de spiritisme. Une mère qui préfère la chasse aux berceuses. Une petite-cousine qui lance des pierres. Dans le tic-tac d'une horloge ancestrale ou au son d'un tambour de guerre, les secrets éclatent, les liens se créent ou se rompent au gré des secousses, les vies commencent ou se terminent dans le même champ gravitationnel qui a pour centre la maison familiale. Premier roman au grand pouvoir d'évocation, La marche en forêt est une fresque foisonnante dont l'harmonie se précise petit à petit, où les destins individuels constituent les pièces vivantes de l'immense casse-tête qu'est la famille.

La Marche en Forêt

Shortlisted for the 2016 Giller Prize Selected for Indies Introduce Summer/Fall 2016 Catherine Leroux's first novel, translated into English brilliantly by Lazer Lederhendler, ties together stories about siblings joined in surprising ways. A woman learns that she absorbed her twin sister's body in the womb and that she has two sets of DNA; a girl in the deep South pushes her sister out of the way of a speeding train, losing her legs; and a political couple learn that they are non-identical twins separated at birth. The Party Wall establishes Leroux as one of North America's most intelligent and innovative young authors. Catherine Leroux was born in 1979 in Montreal, Quebec, where she continues to live and write.

The Party Wall

Quelle est notre vraie famille ? Est-il possible de la choisir ? À travers le destin de quatre duos, Catherine Leroux interroge la naissance de l’amour et de l’amitié. Un après-midi dans le sud des États-Unis, deux fillettes se promènent le long d’une voie de chemin de fer. Dans leur maison au nord de l’Atlantique, Madeleine et son fils découvrent, à l’occasion d’un examen médical, qu’ils constituent un cas scientifique exceptionnel. Non loin de là, Ariel et Marie forment un couple très uni. Ils évoluent dans un milieu politique féroce où la révélation de leurs origines va bouleverser leur vie. Sur la côte californienne secouée par les séismes, Simon et Carmen apprennent l’identité de leur père. Ils comprennent alors que la vérité est parfois plus douloureuse que le mensonge. Entre ces personnages, l’auteur dessine une cloison fine qui tantôt sépare, tantôt unit, estompant les frontières entre les secrets, la vérité et l’inouï. Inspiré de cas réels extraordinaires, Le Guide des âmes perdues est un roman choral lumineux qui touche l’essence des sentiments. Un livre poignant et magique ! Radio-Canada Une finesse rare et une narration brillante. Le Devoir-Canada

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