The Country Will Bring Us No Peace

Matthieu Simard

ISBN 10: 1552453936 / ISBN 13: 9781552453933

Published by Coach House Books, CA, 2019

About this Item

ONE OF BOOK RIOT'S "20 MUST-READ HORROR BOOKS YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF"Simon and Marie can't seem to have a baby. And so they flee the city for an idyllic village, where things will certainly be better. But the town is gloomy, even hostile -- things haven't been the same since the factory closed down and a broadcast antenna was erected. Now there are no birds singing, and people have started disappearing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Country Will Bring Us No Peace
• Publisher: Coach House Books, CA
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1552453936
• ISBN 13: 9781552453933
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

ONE OF BOOK RIOT'S "20 MUST-READ HORROR BOOKS YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF"

Simon and Marie can’t seem to have a baby. And so they flee the city for an idyllic village, where things will certainly be better. But the town is gloomy, even hostile -- things haven’t been the same since the factory closed down and a broadcast antenna was erected. Now there are no birds singing, and people have started disappearing.

About the Authors

Matthieu Simard is the author of eight novels. He has been called one of the most promising Québécois authors of this generation. He currently lives in Montreal.

Pablo Strauss’s previous translations for Coach House Books are The Country Will Bring Us No Peace, The Supreme Orchestra, and Baloney. He is a two-time finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for translation, for Synapses (2019) and The Longest Year (2017). Pablo grew up in Victoria, B.C., and has lived in Quebec City for fifteen years.