Nancy Huston





Nancy Huston

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September 16, 1953 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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(from Wikipedia)
Huston lived in Calgary until age fifteen, at which time her family moved to Wilton, New Hampshire, USA. She studied at Sarah Lawrence College in New York, where she was given the opportunity to spend a year of her studies in Paris. Arriving in Paris in 1973, Huston obtained a Master's Degree from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, writing a thesis on swear words under the supervision of Roland Barthes.

(Actes Sud)
Née à Calgary (Canada), Nancy Huston, qui vit à Paris, a publié de nombreux romans et essais chez Actes Sud et chez Leméac, parmi lesquels Instruments des ténèbres (1996, prix Goncourt des lycéens et prix du livre Inter), L'empreinte de l'ange (1998, grand prix des lectrices de ElleJ et Lignes de fail...more


Average rating: 3.61 · 2,090 ratings · 383 reviews · 43 distinct works
Fault Lines
3.63 of 5 stars 3.63 avg rating — 913 ratings — published 2007 — 27 editions
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The Mark of the Angel
3.55 of 5 stars 3.55 avg rating — 295 ratings — published 1998 — 21 editions
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Dolce Agonia
3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 100 ratings8 editions
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Instruments des ténèbres
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 70 ratings4 editions
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La virevolte
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions
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An Adoration
3.2 of 5 stars 3.20 avg rating — 55 ratings6 editions
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Slow Emergencies: A Novel
3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions
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Nord Perdu; Suivi De, Douze...
3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 38 ratings3 editions
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Prodige
3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions
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Les Variations Goldberg
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1981 — 5 editions
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“Je lis de mieux en mieux et de plus en plus vite, je lis comme si ma vie en dépendait, lire est mon seul et unique talent, si on me disait, que je n’ai plus le droit de lire j’aurais une crise d’apoplexie et j’en mourrais." (Lignes de faille)”
Nancy Huston

“Elle n'en revient pas, que l'on puisse avoir de tels échanges laconiques - "Ça va ? - Ça va !" - avec des êtres qu'on a mis au monde et vus grandir vingt ans durant, à qui on a appris à parler, à qui on a lu mille histoires à l'heure du coucher, pour qui on a fait des repas sans nombre, qu'on a aidés à faire leurs devoirs et soignés pendant leurs maladies, dont on a écouté les problèmes et logé les copains. C'est incroyable de s'entendre échanger des "Ça va ? Ça va !" avec ces êtres-là.”
Nancy Huston, Infrarouge

“Libertins et talibans c'est blanc bonnet et bonnet blanc à cet égard : les premiers veulent l'érotisme sans la procréation, et les seconds la procréation sans l'érotisme ; dans les deux cas, ce qui coince c'est la mère qui s'envoie en l'air !”
Nancy Huston, Infrarouge

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