{"product_id":"querelle-of-roberval-9781771963541","title":"Querelle of Roberval","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2022 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Winner of the 2023 ReLit Award for Fiction \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e- Longlisted for the 2024 Dublin Literary Award\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHomage to Jean Genet's antihero and a brilliant reimagining of the ancient form of tragedy, \u003cem\u003eQuerelle of Roberval\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of the Marquis de Sade Prize, is a wildly imaginative story of justice, passion, and murderous revenge.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a millworkers' strike in the northern lumber town of Roberval drags on, tensions start to escalate between the workers--but when a lockout renews their solidarity, they rally around the mysterious and magnetic influence of Querelle, a dashing newcomer from Montreal. Strapping and unabashed, likeable but callow, by day he walks the picket lines and at night moves like a mythic Adonis through the ranks of young men who flock to his apartment for sex. As the dispute hardens and both sides refuse to yield, sand stalls the gears of the economic machine and the tinderbox of class struggle and entitlement ignites in a firestorm of passions carnal and violent. Trenchant social drama, a tribute to Jean Genet's antihero, and a brilliant reimagining of the ancient form of tragedy, \u003cem\u003eQuerelle of Roberval\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of France's Marquis de Sade Prize, is a wildly imaginative story of justice, passion, and murderous revenge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in 1992, \u003cb\u003e Kevin Lambert\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Chicoutimi, Quebec. He earned a master's degree in creative writing at the Université de Montréal. His widely acclaimed first novel, \u003cem\u003eYou Will Love What You Have Killed\u003c\/em\u003e, was a finalist for Quebec's Booksellers' Prize. His second novel, \u003cem\u003eQuerelle of Roberval\u003c\/em\u003e, won France's Marquis de Sade Prize, and was a finalist for the prestigious Prix Médicis and the literary prize of the Paris newspaper \u003cem\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/em\u003e. In Canada, \u003cem\u003eQuerelle of Roberval\u003c\/em\u003e won the Prix Ringuet of the Quebec Academy of Arts and Letters, was a finalist for the Grand Prix du Livre de Montréal and won or was a finalist for six other literary prizes. Kevin Lambert lives in Montreal.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Biblioasis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50383014068498,"sku":"9781771963541","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_77bdcb1d-a918-418d-9195-b9ff3dcde14d.jpg?v=1728775749","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/querelle-of-roberval-9781771963541","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}