Sleepless Nights and Days of Glory [Paperback]

Tragedy at Montreal's End of the World restaurant. A little marriage fatigue, a cottage to sell and a woman in cashmere: suddenly twenty seven years of conjugal life are swept away. Jean-Charles has left his wife. And with her goes the charm the restaurant possessed, where simple food was served to simple people.Sleepless Nights and Days of Glory, the third volume in H?l?ne Rioux'sFragments of the Worldseries, opens with the theme of abandonment and betrayal, and then takes the reader around the world.

Nuits blanches et jours de gloirereminds us that the novelist is a fine observer of history, the current state of the world and the human condition in all its complexity.Suzanne Gigu?re,Le Devoir.A breathless race with pauses exactly when you need to catch your breath. But we?re anxious to discover what awaits just around the corner ? d?nouements, amusing situations, overlapping stories and unexpected recurrences leading to other avenues. Eyes, ears and taste: all the senses are awakened in this feast of this novel, as in the previous ones. A must-read.Hans J?rgen Grief,Entre les lignes.The End of the World is the restaurant on St. Zotique Street in Montreal, where the fascinating adventure of theFragments of the Worldbegan. H?l?ne Rioux has added a third part: summer solstice. On this longest day of the year, we follow the trajectory of characters encountered inWednesday Night at the End of the WorldandWandering Souls in Paradise Lost. Pas

Nuits blanches et jours de gloirereminds us that the novelist is a fine observer of history, the current state of the world, and the human condition in all its complexity.

A breathless race with pauses exactly when you need to catch your breath. But were anxious to discover what awaits just around the corner  d?nouements, amusing situations, overlapping stories, and unexpected recurrences leading to other avenues. Eyes, ears, and taste: all the senses lCe