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Title Statement | Zora: a cruel tale / Philippe Arseneault ; translated by Fred A. Reel and David Homel. |
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Author | Arseneault, Philippe, 1976- |
Publication | Vancouver: Talonbooks,[2017]©2017: |
Extent of Item | 378 pages ; |
ISBN | 1772011754 (pbk.) 9781772011753 (pbk.) |
Other Number | 3229326 |
General Notes | Translation of: Zora, un conte cruel. |
Awards | Robert Cliche prize |
Summary | A Gothic tale of the macabre, with strong accents of cruelty, about the adventures of an irrepressible young woman named Zora Korteniemi, who combines traits of Pollyanna with those of Marquis de Sade. Set in the fictional state of Karelia, on the murky border between Finland and Russia in the days of horseback and hearth fires. |
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By Topic | Alchemists--Fiction |
Degeneration--Fiction | |
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Violence--Fiction | |
Young women--Fiction | |
By Location | Finland--Fiction |
By Genre | Fantasy fiction |