Gatan Soucy was a novelist and professor. He published
four novels to wide acclaim in Canada and abroad: The Immaculate
Conception, which was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize
and the Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction; Atonement,
Vaudeville!; and The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches, which
was translated into more than ten languages. He died in Montreal in
2013.
Sheila Fischman is the award-winning translator of more than
150 contemporary novels from Quebec, including works by Roch
Carrier, Pascale Quiviger, Anne Hbert, Kim Thy, and many others.
Her translations have been nominated for the Scotiabank Giller
Prize and the Governor General's Literary Award. She was awarded
the Molson Prize in the Arts, and is a Member of the Order of
Canada and a chevalier de l'Ordre national du Qubec. She lives in
Montreal.
Praise for Gaétan Soucy and The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches: "Short, sharp, very successful." -- Globe and Mail "Soucy is a master of suspense . . . While the tale becomes more explicit as it progresses, it also becomes more bewitching, more mysteriously pulsating." -- Le Monde "Takes a short time to read and a long time to forget." -- Toronto Star "A magnificent novel, writing that dazzles." -- Elle (France) "The darkness at the heart of this story takes some ferreting out, the horror all the more affecting because it has become so everyday." -- Georgia Straight
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