Lit in Translation

Jean-Simon DesRochers

Born 1976 · Canada

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Books on prize lists

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    Governor General's (French) 2011 · Finalist

    Le sablier des solitudes

    Title translated by AI:“The Hourglass of Solitudes”

    Jean-Simon DesRochers · 35 when first published

    Novel · 358 pages

    AI-generated summary:One early January evening, a gust of snow on a provincial road causes a pile-up of about ten vehicles, and thirteen strangers, among them a soldier, a masseuse, a minister, a little girl and a trucker, wait in the freezing air.