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"Portraits of Elsa" 1990
From: The Quebec Anthology
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The story included here is the title story of Portraits d’Elsa et autres histoires, translated by David Homel. A remarkably subtle yet powerful story about the disappearance of the self, its effect is created by the gradual accumulation of images "of childhood and memory and dreams dug up."
Contributors
Marie Jose Theriault
Marie José Thériault was born in Montreal on March 21, 1945, the daughter of Yves Thériault. She attended the Collège Marie de France until 1961; after leaving school she worked as a salesperson, an interpreter, a proofreader, and, from 1964 to 1973, a professional dancer. In 1973 she became an editor and translator for the performing arts magazine Entr'acte, and in 1975 she began working for the publishing house Éditions Hurtubuise HMH, of which she became literary director in 1978. She has served on the editorial
