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How to Become an Angel

by (author) Jean Barbe

translated by Patricia Wright

Publisher
McArthur & Company
Initial publish date
Apr 2007
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781552786369
    Publish Date
    Apr 2007
    List Price
    $24.95

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Enigmatic in character, a guru despite himself, a man of absolute goodness, does Victor Lazarre possess supernatural powers or does he merely know how to listen to others to the extent that it changes the course of their lives? This question will haunt Francois for years.A budding journalist, Francois lives with two young people, a strange girl named Provencal, and the unpredictable Fred. In twenty years of friendship based on respect and independence, these friends will evolve, sever ties with the past, and sometimes suffer the consequences. Love, violence, shattered utopias, experiences and professional success and disappointment are all part of the baggage that one day Francois finds himself compelled to write down, in a book about Victor Lazarre. Because this morning, before his astounded eyes, Victor flew away...

About the authors

Jean Barbe was born in Montreal in 1962. He is the author of a first novel, LES SOUPERS DE FÊTE (1991), a collection of articles, CHRONIQUES DE L'AIR DU TEMPS (1993) and a biographical essay, AUTOUR DE DÉDÉ FORTIN (2001).

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