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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE AND THE GILLER PRIZE • A breathtaking and ineffable new novel from the author of the international best sellers Fugitive Pieces and The Winter Vault—a novel of love and loyalty across generations, at once sweeping and intimate
1917. On a battlefield near the River Escaut,…
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My journey with Held was layered: slow-reveal artistry that demands patience and surrender. Initially, its fragmented, poetic style made it hard to find a tidy narrative thread—it was only after I listened to the audiobook, and in doing so, unlocked its cadence. The shift in medium with the authors rhythms and inflections, transformed the prose into something tactile, almost felt, like a cashmere blanket. What at first glance seemed disjointed on the page became, through Anne Michael's voice, a tapestry of truths woven across time. This book won Canada's top literary prize, The Giller. Had it not won, I might…
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