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Description
Ever since her brother's untimely death, Marie has been fascinated with angels, believing her brother has become one. Now as a young woman, she has dedicated her doctoral thesis to the subject: the sudden portrayal of angels with feet in Renaissance paintings. As Marie tries to analyze the motive behind this, she begins to uncover questions of existentialism, societal perceptions of women, and the meaning of art and life. Her biggest challenge, though, becomes grasping a seemingly impossible understanding of her brother's suicide, and dealing with her own dislocation.
About the Authors
Evelyne de la Chenelière
Playwright and actor Evelyne de la Chenelière has written several plays, including Des fraises en janvier, which was produced in Montreal by Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui and remounted at Théâtre Jean-Duceppe. Her play Au bout du fil was produced by Théâtre de Quat'Sous; as a writer she was involved in Les hommes aiment-ils le sexe, vraiment, autant qu'ils le disent?, at Espace Go and L'héritage de Darwin at la Maison Théâtre. Her theatrical home remains Le Nouveau Théâtre Expérimental, where she has premiered three plays: Henri et Margaux, as well as Nicht retour, Mademoiselle, conceived with Daniel Brière, and Aphrodite en 04, conceived with Jean-Pierre Ronfard.
Nigel Spencer
Nigel Spencer is a writer, translator, and professor of English living in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. He has won the Canadian Governor General’s Literary Award for translation on three occasions, in 2002, 2007, and 2012 and was awarded a Proclamation of Recognition by the Republic of Guinea.
Contributor Notes
Nigel Spencer's previous work includes acting, directing, teaching, educational research and training, journalism, and subtitling and co-scripting films. He has published six books of translated work by Marie-Claire Blais, including Thunder and Light and Augustino and the Choir of Destruction, both of which won the Governor General's Literary Award for Translation.
