The ninth novel in internationally acclaimed author Marie-Claire
Blais's extraordinary Soifs cycle, Songs for Angel is an impassioned
interrogation of violence and hate that takes us into the soul of a
white supremacist on the verge of a racist attack.
In the penultimate installment of the magnificent and ambitious Soifs
cycle, widely regarded as one of the most original and ambitious
endeavors ever to be undertaken in contemporary literature, renowned
novelist Marie-Claire Blais once again marries the highest artistic
standards with the most pressing human and political concerns.
Revisiting figures from the previous novels in a swirling fresco of more
than a hundred characters, Blais also takes us into the soul of "the
Young Man," a white supremacist preparing to attack a Black church and
murder its entire congregation. This is an extraordinary portrait of the
times that jostles and discomboluates the reader while inviting us to
see the world in all its injustice and distress, but also its promise
and beauty. Songs for Angel reminds us that Blais is a writer who
never ceases to situate us in the world and the roles we play in it, and
that reading her is always an unforgettable human experience.
