Thunder and Light

The second part of a cycle set on an island in the southern United States much like Key West, at the turn of the century. Written as a single paragraph of very long sentences, the novel moves from one consciousness to the next: returning figures such as Renata, Carlos, Samuel and Mélanie, and new ones, among them Jessica, a young aviator sacrificed to her parents' ambition, the Virgin of the Bags, a modern Joan of Arc who hears voices in Manhattan, and Caroline and Jean-Matthieu, ageing artists whom time seems to be driving apart. Justice and the death penalty, racism, class conflict, AIDS and the condition of women run through their lives.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

250 pages in the original

Genres

Politics (assigned by AI)

Set in

United States, 1999

Series

Soifs, book 2 · book 3: Augustino et le chœur de la destruction· book 4: Naissance de Rebecca à l'ère des tourments· book 5: Mai au bal des prédateurs

First published

2001 by Boréal

Author's age

62 when first published

ISBN

9782764601099 (original)

9780887841767 (House of Anansi Press, Canada)

9781487004255 (House of Anansi Press, Canada)

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