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The island of books / by Dominique Fortier ; translated by Rhonda Mullins.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: Toronto : Coach House Books, 2016Edition: First English editionDescription: 147 pages 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781552453384 (paperback)
  • 1552453383 (paperback)
Additional physical formats: Island of books.DDC classification:
  • C843/.6 23
Summary: "A 15th-century portrait painter, grieving the sudden death of his lover, takes refuge at the monastery at Mont Saint-Michel, an island off the coast of France. He haunts the halls until a monk assigns him the task of copying a manuscript - though he is illiterate. His work slowly heals him and continues the tradition that had, centuries earlier, grown the monastery's library into a beautiful city of books, all under the shadow of the invention of the printing press."-- Provided by publisher.
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Translation of: Au péril de la mer.

"A 15th-century portrait painter, grieving the sudden death of his lover, takes refuge at the monastery at Mont Saint-Michel, an island off the coast of France. He haunts the halls until a monk assigns him the task of copying a manuscript - though he is illiterate. His work slowly heals him and continues the tradition that had, centuries earlier, grown the monastery's library into a beautiful city of books, all under the shadow of the invention of the printing press."-- Provided by publisher.

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