{"product_id":"elle-9780864924926","title":"Elle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Governor General's Award for Fiction\u003cbr\u003eFinalist, IMPAC Dublin Literary Award \u003cbr\u003eFinalist, Commonwealth Writers' Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 16th-century belle turned Robinson Crusoe, a female Don Quixote with an Inuit Sancho Panza -- this is the heroine of the novel that won the 2003 Governor General's Award. \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e is a lusty, subversive riff on the discovery of the New World, the moment of first contact.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBased on what might be a true story, the novel chronicles the ordeals and adventures of a young French woman marooned on the desolate Isle of Demons during Jacques Cartier's ill-fated third and last attempt to colonize Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this new readers' guide edition, Douglas Glover's carnal whirlwind of myth and story, of beauty and hilarity brings the past violently and unexpectedly into the present. His well-known scatological realism, exuberant violence, and dark, unsettling humour give his unique version of history a thoroughly modern chill.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Goose Lane Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780864924926\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 6.34w x 0.59d","brand":"Douglas Glover","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52284285845685,"sku":"9780864924926","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_bb20905d-5352-42d5-a600-e8dec083f05c.jpg?v=1771990497","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/elle-9780864924926","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}