Yesterday, at the Hotel Clarendon

Nicole Brossard

Translated by Susanne De Lotbiniere-Harwood first published 2005 Coach House Books, 2005 hardcover 237 pages

"Carla Carlson is at the Hotel Clarendon in Quebec City trying to finish a novel. Nearby, a woman, preoccupied with grief, catalogues antiquities at the Museum of Civilization. Every night, the two women meet at the hotel bar and talk - about childhood and parents and landscapes, about time and art, about Descartes and Francis Bacon and writing." "When Yesterday, at the Hotel Clarendon appeared in French (as Hier), t...

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Susanne De Lotbiniere-Harwood 2 printings we hold · 2005–2006 · Coach House Books

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Yesterday, at the Hotel Clarendon paperback · 2006 · Coach House · 242 pages · 9781552451656
Yesterday, at the Hotel Clarendon hardcover · 2005 · Coach House Books · 237 pages

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