{"product_id":"past-perfect-paperback-1","title":"Past Perfect - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichel Tremblay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLinda Gaboriau\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAlbertine in Five Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Michel Tremblay portrayed one of his most unforgettable characters during five decades of her life, beginning in her thirties. Now, in \u003ci\u003ePast Perfect\u003c\/i\u003e, we meet Albertine at twenty and discover the dark secret of her being. Still reeling from the heartbreak that plunged her into a nervous breakdown, Albertine sets out to re-conquer the beau she has lost to her younger sister. On this fated Thursday evening, will she find the strength to survive the crisis that grips her very essence in this dark night of her soul? Or will she spend the rest of her days foundering in an endless rage that could extinguish all hope of love ever lighting up her life? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the eyes of her mother, Victoire, her brother, Édouard, and her sister, Madeleine, Albertine is a soul on fire that devours everything she touches. But in her own eyes, Albertine is sensitive, selfless, and devoted to the objects of her desires. In this extremity of contradiction between the way we see ourselves and the way others see us, Tremblay stages the agony of the imagination in chains, the tragedy of an understanding of the imagination as a way to the \"truth,\" rather than as a path to understanding. Caught in this dilemma, Albertine, who has cast herself as a sacrificial lamb, a victim of destiny, the queen of unhappiness, descends into a hell of lucidity as she confronts Alex, the great hope and passion of her youth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCast of three women and two men.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most produced and the most prominent playwrights in the history of Canadian theatre, \u003cstrong\u003eMichel Tremblay\u003c\/strong\u003e has received countless prestigious honours and accolades. His dramatic, literary and autobiographical works have long enjoyed remarkable international popularity, including translations of his plays that have achieved huge success in Europe, the Americas and the Middle East. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAwards and Recognition*\u003cbr\u003ePrix du Grand (2009) \u003cem\u003eLa Traversée de la ville\u003c\/em\u003e (Leméac Editeur Inc.)\u003cbr\u003eBlue Metropolis International Literary Grand Prix (2006)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e Top 100 Books (2003) \u003cem\u003eBirth of a Bookworm\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play (2000) \u003cem\u003eFor the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChalmers Awards (1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1986, 1989, 2000)\u003cbr\u003eGovernor General's Performing Arts Award (1999)\u003cbr\u003eMolson Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts (1994)\u003cbr\u003eLouis-Hémon Prize (1994)\u003cbr\u003eMontreal Book Fair Grand Public Prize (1994)\u003cbr\u003eBanff Centre National Award (1992)\u003cbr\u003eOfficer of the Order of Arts and Letters of France (1991)\u003cbr\u003eChevalier of the Order of Quebec (1990)\u003cbr\u003eSan Francisco Lesbian and Gay Festival Long-Standing Public Service Award (1989)\u003cbr\u003eCBC Anik Prize (1988)\u003cbr\u003eAthanase-David Lifetime Achievement Prize (1988)\u003cbr\u003eQuebec-Paris Prize (1985)\u003cbr\u003eChevalier of Arts and Letters of France (1984). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLinda Gaboriau\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning literary translator based in Montreal. Her translations of plays by Quebec's most prominent playwrights have been published and -produced across Canada and abroad. In her work as a -literary manager and dramaturge, she has directed -numerous translation residencies and international exchange projects. She was the founding director of the Banff International Literary Translation Centre. Most recently she won the 2010 Governor General's Award for \u003ci\u003eForests\u003c\/i\u003e, her translation of the play by Wajdi Mouawad.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 94\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.26 x 8.44 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 27, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42154155409543,"sku":"9780889224933","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/064528b93d33176438dbf848fb98afb7.webp?v=1733227032","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/past-perfect-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}