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Denis Thériault

Autor(a) de The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman

8 Works 312 Membros 45 Críticas

About the Author

Séries

Obras por Denis Thériault

The Postman's Fiancée (2016) 38 exemplares
The Boy Who Belonged to the Sea (2001) 35 exemplares
L'Iguane (2016) 2 exemplares
I Am Syd Stone — Director — 1 exemplar
La fille qui n'existait pas (2012) 1 exemplar
La fiancée du facteur (2017) 1 exemplar

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Thériault, Denis
Data de nascimento
1959
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
Canada
Ocupações
Screen-writer

Membros

Críticas

Picked this up in the library as it wasn't very big and I was looking for something not written in english.
It was enchanting and very quick to read. The writing (and translation) were fantastic, the prose is as poetic as the poetry, delightful to read at all levels.
 
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mjhunt | 31 outras críticas | Jan 22, 2021 |
This was a gorgeous little read, reminded me very much of Murakami ❤️ I'm not the biggest fan of haiku poetry which is a major theme of the book but I still enjoyed it ☺️
 
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MandaTheStrange | 31 outras críticas | Oct 7, 2020 |
As I started to read the book, it seems to be a simple life story of a postman who loves his job and life. Bilodo is a 27 year old postman whose life is filled with his job and his love for calligraphy. However he has a peculiar habit of secretly taking letters home and opening them to read and make copies before resealing them to be delivered the next day.

In the process, he falls in love with one of the correspondents whose letters he has intercepted. She writes only haiku to a man, Grandpre, on Bilodo’s route. As Bilodo love for this woman grew, so does his obsession for her. He goes out of his way to learn everything about her, including her love for haiku. Absorbing himself in form and essence of haiku. One day an accident causes Bilodo’s world come crashing down and the story turns bizarre, dark and ghostly.

I find the story simple yet passionate, as the story between two people who has never met grows with intensity. Using the cadences of haiku as a metaphor for the rhythms of making love builds on this intensity.
… (mais)
 
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alichea413 | 31 outras críticas | Sep 21, 2020 |
My January 2015 Staff pick at Literati Bookstore. Good Reads says it best.

A new favorite author!
 
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ShannonRose4 | 31 outras críticas | Sep 15, 2020 |

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Associated Authors

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Estatísticas

Obras
8
Membros
312
Popularidade
#75,595
Avaliação
½ 3.5
Críticas
45
ISBN
38
Línguas
7

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