Sur les côtes de Terre-Neuve - Tome 1: Sylvanus

by Donna Morrissey, Laurent Boscq (translator)

Terre-Neuve, 1949. Né dans une famille de pêcheurs, Sylvanus Now s'attend à passer toute sa vie dans leur petite communauté côtière où le temps semble s'être arrêté. C'est sans compter sur Adélaïde, dont il tombe amoureux, qui refuse de se consacrer à l'éviscération des poissons avec les autres femmes du village et qui, tournée vers l'océan, rêve d'ailleurs.

384 pages

Published May 2, 2025

About the author

Donna Morrissey has written six nationally bestselling novels. She has received awards in Canada, the U.S., and England. Her novel Sylvanus Now was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and she was nominated for a Gemini for best writing for the film Clothesline Patch. Her fiction has been translated into several different languages. Born and raised in Newfoundland, she now lives in Halifax.
She recently wrote a children’s book, Cross Katie Kross, illustrated by her daughter, Bridget. Morrissey grew up in The Beaches, a small fishing outport in Newfoundland & Labrador and now lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.