Denyse Delcourt: Gabrielle and the Long Sleep Into Mourning January 29, 2008

A finalist for both the Prix Anne-Hebert and the Prix Marguerite-Duras, this gemlike novel brings together eight childhood friends together decades later, all in a house by a lake in Quebec. The death of one of them is a central point for the stories that get told, the mysteries that slowly come to light.