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Book SynopsisFinalist for the Governor General's Award for Best Translation from French to English A translation of acclaimed writer Jocelyne Saucier's Les héritiers de la mine, originally published in French by Les Editions XYZ. Jocelyne Saucier's first novels, La vie comme une image and Jeanne sur les routes, were finalists for the Governor General’s Award. Her third novel, Il pleuvait des oiseaux, garnered her the Prix des Cinq Continents de la Francophonie, making her the first Canadian to win the award. Rhonda Mullins has been nominated twice for the Governor General's Literary Award for Translation (most recently for her translation of Jocelyne Saucier's And the Birds Rained Down) -- you know what they say about third times and charms!
Trade ReviewPraise for the French edition of Twenty--One Cardinals: With its explosive, poignant, funny and tragic story and memorable characters, Les héritiers de la mine is an important novel
Through the destiny of this large family, the author talks about Abitibi, where she lives, and of its broken dreams and cheated workers, the blind power of multinationals,the disappearance of villages and families decimated. Her protagonists have the makings of heroes, the stuff to withstand adversity; they may be local heroes, but their fight is universal.’ Voir (translated from the French)
Praise for the French edition of Twenty--One Cardinals: `With its explosive, poignant, funny and tragic story and memorable characters, Les héritiers de la mine is an important novel … Through the destiny of this large family, the author talks about Abitibi, where she lives, and of its broken dreams and cheated workers, the blind power of multinationals,the disappearance of villages and families decimated. Her protagonists have the makings of heroes, the stuff to withstand adversity; they may be local heroes, but their fight is universal.’ — Voir (translated from the French)
