Nuns that appear out of thin air, a dinner party at the Goebbels', Quebec's very own Margaret Thatcher, a grandma that just won't die (not until the archangel comes back)...Songs For The Cold Of Heart is a yarn to rival the best of them, a big fat whopper of a tall tale that bounces around from provincial Riviere-du-Loup in 1919 to Nagasaki, 1990s Berlin, Rome, and beyond. This is the novel of a century-long and glorious, stuffed full of parallels, repeating motifs, and unforgettable characters-with the passion and plotting of a modern-day Tosca.

Translated by: Peter McCambridge