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Am I Disturbing You?

Am I Disturbing You?( )
Author: Hébert, Anne
Hébert, Anne
Translator: Fischman, Sheila
ISBN:978-0-88784-640-3
Publication Date:Oct 1999
Publisher:House of Anansi Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $12.95
Book Description:

This is the story of Édouard, StÉphane, and the spirited girl they find alone and apparently lost in Paris. When the two men offer the young Quebec girl shelter for the night, their lives are profoundly and irrevocably changed. StÉphane falls quickly for Delphine, but Édouard, a man without expectations who hides from the world in a life of mediocrity and whose only desire is to live and die quietly, is slower to accept her. He is disturbed by Delphine's abrupt arrival in his life, her...
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Book Details
Pages:104
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.5 x 0.33 Inches
Book Weight:0.3 Pounds
Author Biography
Hébert, Anne (Author)
Anne Hébert was born on August 1, 1916 in Sainte-Catherine-de-Fossambault, Quebec. Having begun writing poems, stories, and plays at a very young age, Hébert found her work being published in a variety of periodicals by the time she was in her early twenties.

She earned recognition as a poet in the 40's and 50's. Hébert's first volume of poetry, Les Songes en Équilibre, appeared in 1942 to good critical response and was awarded the Prix David. In 1954, Hébert used a grant from the Royal Society to continue her writing in Paris. She won the Prix France-Canada and the Prix Duvernay in 1958 for Les Chambres de Bois, the Governor General's Literary Award in 1960 for Poèmes, the Molson Prize in 1967, another Governor General's Award in 1975 for Les Enfants du Sabbat, and the Prix Fémina in 1982 for Les Fous de Bassan.

Anne Hébert died in Montreal on January 22, 2000 of bone cancer .

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