{"product_id":"9780864924926","title":"Elle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner, Governor General's Award for Fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted, IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and 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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goose Lane Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032882823408,"sku":"9780864924926","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780864924926_p0.jpg?v=1763833808","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780864924926","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}