Originally published in French under the title Soifs, critics around the world called this book a tour de force, comparing Blais with Virginia Woolf, Dante, Sophocles, and Shakespeare. rnrnThis swirling, baroque fresco captures the mood of our apocalyptic age, rendering it in powerfully evocative prose.

These Festive Nights
Translated by Sheila Fischman
- Winner — QWF Translation Prize in 1999
About the book
