Book description
Set on the rugged north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, The
Iguana tells the realistic, yet fabulous, story of an
extraordinary friendship between two young boys who appear to have
nothing in common except a tragic loneliness. Recently, the narrator's
safe world was shattered by a snowmobile accident involving his
parents, and he was taken in by his grandparents in the village of
Ferland. Slowly, he befriends his classmate Luc Bezeau, a misfit who
takes refuge from a brutal home environment in a magical undersea
realm inhabited by fantastic beings. Together, the boys construct new
reasons for living, which launch them on a wild, adventurous search.
Denis Thériault is an award-winning screenwriter living in
Montreal. After studying psychology and drama, he began to write for
the stage and television. L'Iguane (The Iguana),
Theriault's first novel, was published to great critical acclaim and
won three major literary prizes: the Prix Anne-Hebert 2002, the Prix
France-Quebec/Jean Hamelin 2001, and the Prix Odyssee 2002 for best
first novel.
Liedewy Hawke has won both the Canada Council Translation Prize and
the John Glassco Translation Prize, and has been nominated twice for
the Governor Generalís Literary Award for Translation (French to
English). She lives in Toronto.
