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The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches
The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches
Author: Gaetan Soucy
Alone with their bullying father on a vast estate, a sister and brother speak a language and inhabit a universe of their own making. When the old man commits suicide, they are forced into contact with the villagers and their cloak of romance and superstition quickly falls away to reveal shocking truths. Balancing naiveté with carnality, Soucy em...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780887847813
ISBN-10: 0887847811
Publication Date: 11/28/2007
Pages: 152
Edition: Tra
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Publisher: House of Anansi Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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This book was nothing short of bizarre. I read it for the first time when I was about 16, I didn't get it but something about it clung to me. So I kept it on my shelf and read it again about 6 months ago (I'm now 23) and I'm so glad I kept it. It's a book with its own beat and you have to get into that groove to really appreciate the story. It's strange, fanciful and disturbing and I reccomend it to anyone who likes odd little books that leave you feeling as though you just fell from a great height.


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