A magnificent generational saga that charts a family’s rise and fall, its secrets and inherited crimes, from one of Canada’s most acclaimed novelistsLonglisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize • “A rugged, riveting novel . . . This superb family saga will satisfy fans of Richard Powers’s The Overstory.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)“There are plenty of visionary moments laced into [Christie’s] shape-shifting na...

Palmarès 2021 Les 100 livres de l'année du magazine Lire« Le temps ne va pas dans une direction donnée. Il s'accumule, c'est tout – dans le corps, dans le monde –, comme le bois. Couche après couche. Claire, puis sombre. Chacune reposant sur la précédente, impossible sans celle d'avant. Chaque triomphe, chaque désastre inscrit pour toujours dans sa structure. »D’un futur proche aux années 1930, Michael Christie bâtit, à la manière ...

Longlisted for the 2011 Scotiabank Giller PrizeCritically lauded, The Beggar’s Garden is a brilliantly surefooted, strikingly original collection of nine linked short stories that will delight as well as disturb. The stories follow a diverse group of curiously interrelated characters, from bank manager to crackhead to retired Samaritan to web designer to car thief, as they drift through each other’s lives in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. These engrossing ...

Jacinda “Jake” Greenwood lavora come guida naturalistica e accompagna ricchi turisti appassionati di ecologia a visitare le rigogliose foreste di un’isola della British Columbia, che curiosamente – una coincidenza? – porta il suo nome. Senza radici e senza una famiglia alle spalle, un giorno Jake entra in possesso del diario della nonna, un aiuto inatteso che le permette di ricostruire il suo passato. Come se percorresse la circonferenza di un albero secolare, un cerchio dopo l’altro, è fi...

In the titular story of Michael Christie’s critically acclaimed debut collection, The Beggar’s Garden, Sam Prince moves into the shed behind his house as his marriage falls apart. He meets a local panhandler and tries to help him sort out his life—even though he can’t find the courage to fix his own.The Beggar’s Garden follows a diverse group of characters, from a bank manager to a drug addict to a retired Samaritan, a web designer, and a car thief, as they drift ...

Eine Familie, vier Generationen, schicksalhaft verbunden mit den Wäldern Kanadas – und unserer ZukunftJacinda Greenwood weiß nichts über ihre väterliche Familie, deren Namen sie trägt. Sie arbeitet als Naturführerin auf Greenwood Island, doch die Namensgleichheit, so glaubt sie, ist reiner Zufall. Bis eines Tages ihr Ex-Verlobter vor ihr steht. Im Gepäck hat er das Tagebuch ihrer Großmutter. Jahresring für Jahresring enthüllt sich für Jacinda endlich ihre Familieng...

« Le temps ne va pas dans une direction donnée. Il s’accumule, c’est tout – dans le corps, dans le monde –, comme le bois. Couche après couche. Claire, puis sombre. Chacune reposant sur la précédente, impossible sans celle d’avant. Chaque triomphe, chaque désastre inscrit pour toujours dans sa structure. »Les vagues épidémiques du Grand Dépérissement ont décimé tous les arbres et transformé la planète en un désert de poussière. L’un des derniers refuges ...

C’est une nouvelle tragiquement drôle qui ouvre le formidable recueil de Michael Christie, classé parmi les meilleurs livres de l’année 2011 au Canada et récompensé par le Vancouver Book Award. Une femme seule appelle désespérément les secours, amoureuse d’un infirmier rencontré un soir de blues. Pour le retrouver, elle devra faire preuve de beaucoup d’imagination… jusqu’à frôler la mort.Qu’il évoque un accro au crack dialoguant avec le fantôme d’Oppenheimer ou un vieil homme qui te...

From the critically acclaimed short-story collection The Beggar’s Garden, “The Extra” features a young, mentally disabled man and his best friend, Rick, who find work as extras on a film set. This story was nominated for a Journey Prize.The Beggar’s Garden follows a diverse group of characters, from a bank manager to a drug addict to a retired Samaritan, a web designer, and a car thief, as they drift through each other’s lives in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Mic...

A heartfelt and wondrous debut lauded by Philipp Meyer (New York Times bestselling author of The Son) as "astonishing", introducing a supremely gifted and exciting new voice in fiction.Will has never been to the outside, at least not since he can remember.And he has certainly never got to know anyone other than his mother, a fiercely loving yet wildly eccentric agoraphobe who drowns in panic at the thought of opening the front door. Their ...

From the short-story collection The Beggar’s Garden, “Discard” tells the story of Earl, who, after the death of his beloved wife, Tuuli, retreats into his basement. He emerges to track down his estranged, homeless grandson, leaving food and other broken-down bits of things in dumpsters for him to find.The Beggar’s Garden follows a diverse group of characters, from a bank manager to a drug addict to a retired Samaritan, a web designer, and a car thief, as they drif...

The reluctant owner of a wayward Andalucian wolfhound named Buddy, Dan discovers the immutable bond between man and his best friend. “An Ideal Companion” is part of Michael Christie’s critically acclaimed short-story collection, The Beggar’s Garden.The Beggar’s Garden follows a diverse group of characters, from a bank manager to a drug addict to a retired Samaritan, a web designer, and a car thief, as they drift through each other’s lives in Vancouver’s Downtown E...