East-end Montreal in the mid-1920s. A popular restaurant is razed by an arsonist. Seventy-five people perish in the inferno. While strolling with his wheelchair-ridden father, a man furtively salvages a charred icon from the ruins. He is Remouald Tremblay, a self-effacing bank clerk whose pocket holds a treasured rabbit's foot and whose memory contains an unspeakable hell.

Originally published in 1994 as L'Immaculee conception, this is the novel that established Gaetan Soucy as a powerful new literary force in Quebec. In it, he echoes the writing of Edgar Allan Poe and Fyodor Dostoevsky. Immaculate Conception was shortlisted for the Giller Prize in 2006.

About the Author
Gaetan Soucy has written four novels to acclaim in Canada and abroad. He teaches philosophy and lives in Montreal. Lazer Lederhendler is a Governor General's Award-winning translator. He lives in Montreal, Quebec.

Reviews
It takes a short time to read and a long time to forget. It has the power of a Grimm fairy tale...Nothing is what it first seems. * Toronto Star *


Awards
Short-listed for ReLit Awards - Novel 2006 (Canada) and QWF Prize for Translation 2006 (Canada) and Scotiabank Giller Prize 2006 (Canada) and Governor General's Literary Awards: Translation 2006 (Canada).



Book Information
ISBN 9780887847837
Author Gaetan Soucy
Format Paperback
Page Count 328
Imprint House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada
Publisher House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada
Weight(grams) 368g