Surprise Castle
The Origin of the Future

The Origin of the Future - Paperback

$13.99
$18.95
-26%
Quantity
01

Pay over time for orders over $35.00 with

Availability:In StockContributor:Jonathan Kaplansky (Translator), Francis CatalanoPublish date:10/31/2025Pages:250
Language:EnglishPublisher:Guernica EditionsISBN-13:9781771839495ISBN-10:177183949XUPC:9781771839495Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:World LiteratureBook Topic:CanadaSize:7.95 x 4.96 x 0.39 inchesWeight:0.2601Product ID:SCCZTA2CQM

The not-often seen together combination of poetic writing interspersed with historical events and modern-day occurrences with a view to the future marks Francis Catalano's work as noteworthy. Québec's past is vividly imagined, and The Origin of the Future reveals the author's background as a poet as he creates a kind of road trip partway between an essay and a novel. The narrator looks for what...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Guernica EditionsISBN-13:9781771839495ISBN-10:177183949XUPC:9781771839495Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:World LiteratureBook Topic:CanadaSize:7.95 x 4.96 x 0.39 inchesWeight:0.2601Product ID:SCCZTA2CQM

Poet, novelist, short story writer and essayist born in Montreal, Francis Catalano won the Quebecor Prize of the Trois-Rivières International Poetry Festival for Qu'une lueur des lieux (2010) and the La Métropole Prize of Excellence for Climax (2022). As a translator of Italian poetry, he won the John Glassco Prize in 2006 for Instructions pour la lecture d'un journal de Valerio Magrelli.


Jonathan...


Publisher: Guernica Editions

Free shipping on orders over $75. Standard shipping takes 3-7 business days. Returns accepted within 30 days of purchase.

Recently Viewed

View All