Maina
- Publisher
- Ekstasis Editions
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2001
- Category
- Literary, Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781896860572
- Publish Date
- Jun 2001
- List Price
- $21.95
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Description
Maïna is the sensual story of a spiritual journey a young woman undertakes in the Great North 3,500 years ago. On a quest for identity in an environment sometimes as generous as it is merciless, Maïna will soon learn that man’s law can be as cruel as nature’s.
About the author
Dominique Demers is a professional communicator. She worked as a journalist for L'actualité, as a teacher at the University of Quebec at Montreal, and as literary critic for Le Devoir, before becoming an author, speaker, and scriptwriter. She has written more than 30 children's books and also writes for adults. She has been nominated four times for the Governor General's Literary Awards. She was the honorary president of the Salon du livre de Montréal for three years and, since the fall of 2003, she has starred on Radio-Canada's programme Dominique raconte, where she reads books to young children.
