Présentation de l'éditeur
Nomi Nickel lives with her father, Ray, in East Village, a small Mennonite town in Manitoba. She dreams of escaping to the big city, but since her mother and sister left home, it's hard to imagine leaving her father behind. As she begins to piece together the story behind her mother's disappearance, she finds herself on a direct collision course with the town's minister. With fierce originality and brilliance, Miriam Toews takes us straight to the centre of Nomi's world and the complicated kindness at the heart of family life.
Biographie de l'auteur
Miriam Toews (pronounced tâves) was born in 1964 in the small Mennonitetown of Steinbach, Manitoba. She has published four novels anda memoir of her father, and is the recipient of numerous literary awardsincluding the Governor General's Award, the McNally Robinson Bookof the Year Award (twice), and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.In 2007 she made her screen debut in the film Luz silenciosa. She wasnominated for Best Actress at Mexico's Ariel Awards for her performance.
Miriam Toews (pronounced tâves) was born in 1964 in the small Mennonite town of Steinbach, Manitoba. She has published seven novels and a memoir of her father, and is the recipient of numerous literary awards including the Governor General's Award, the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award (twice), and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize.
Miriam Toews is the author of seven novels:
Summer of My
Amazing Luck,
A Boy of Good Breeding,
A Complicated Kindness,
The
Flying Troutmans,
Irma Voth,
All My Puny Sorrows, and
Women Talking, and one work of non-fiction,
Swing Low: A Life. She is a winner of the Governor General's Award for Fiction, the Libris Award for Fiction Book of the Year, the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize, and the Writers Trust Marian Engel/ Timothy Findley Award. She lives in Toronto.
