num_pages: 138
description: In her third and most powerful novel, Marie-Claire Blais explores, with sober compassion and realistic detail, a season in the life of Emmanuel, the sixteenth child of a poverty-stricken farmer’s family in rural Quebec.First published in 1965, A Season in the Life of Emmanuel established Blais’s international reputation when it won the Prix France-Québec and the Prix Médicis of France. The novel has been translated into 13 languages.
language: English
title: A Season in the Life of Emmanuel
titlecomplete: A Season in the Life of Emmanuel
genres: Roman, Canadian Literature, Historical Fiction, France, Adult, School, Classics, Canada, Novels, Fiction
ratings_count: 911
publisher: New Canadian Library