Author: marieclaireblais

In “Mai at the Predators’ Ball,” Marie-Claire Blais, literary legend and four-time winner of the Governor GeneralOCOs Literary Award for Fiction, offers a mesmerizing and unforgettable portrait of imaginary beings who seem to embrace the whole of humanity. Every night in the Saloon, after darkness falls, a group of boys are transformed into creatures we see only in dreams. They adorn themselves … themselves in colourful dresses and wigs and they take to the stage to sing and dance. They open their arms to those who are excluded OCo both men and women, triumphant and threatened, both free and bound…