New Releases by Carrie Snyder

A GLOBE AND MAIL BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR A suspenseful and poignant tale from an award-winning writer about a girl navigating chaotic family life in a close-knit small town. On a June afternoon in a small city, a wild-eyed girl named Francie dashes down a neighbourhood street, clutching a gun. She doesn’t know exactly what she’s running from, and she doesn’t know what she’s heading towards. All she understands is the need to survive. To save herself, she has no choice but to run—and to save those she loves, she must hold tight to that gun. Swirling around Francie is a chorus of friends, family, and neighbours, each person with a different view of her. As we hear from these voices—Francie’s steadfast best friend, Alice; Alice’s comically unaware mother, Sally, and struggling mathematician father, David; Francie’s distressed and distracted mother, Marietta, and troubled, unwell father, Luce—a fractured portrait emerges of the girl and the village surrounding her. And at last we arrive at a still point in the chaos: a tall tree where Francie takes shelter, and where the meaning of her flight—for herself, and for the people around her—becomes clear. In Francie’s Got a Gun, award-winning writer Carrie Snyder assembles a chorus of unforgettable characters who are both well-intentioned and flawed. At their centre is Francie, a vulnerable, imaginative girl with surprising attachments to each of them. Here is a propulsive, polyphonic, heart-expanding novel—equal parts sorrow and humour, fear and love, anger and kindness—about social breakdown and the quest for connection in a close-knit community.

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Eine Farm am Ende der Welt wird zum Mittelpunkt eines ganzen Lebens. Dass Aganetha Smart einst eine kühne Pionierin war, ist in dem Altenheim, in dem sie sitzt, niemandem bewusst. Als zwei junge Leute auftauchen, um sie zu interviewen, sagt sie bereitwillig zu. Trotz ihrer Gebrechlichkeit sehnt sie sich nach Abenteuer. Und auch wenn ihre Erfolge weitestgehend in Vergessenheit gerieten, erinnert sie selbst sich noch sehr genau daran. Als junge Läuferin gewann sie eine Goldmedaille bei den Olympischen Spielen. Es war ein revolutionärer Sieg, Frauen durften in dieser Kategorie zum ersten Mal teilnehmen. Doch so sehr Aganetha sich bemühte, vor ihrer Vergangenheit konnte sie nicht davonlaufen – ebenso wenig wie vor den Konventionen ihrer Zeit.

Girl runner, la ragazza che correva, si chiama Aganetha Smart e, nel 1928, conquistò la medaglia d'oro per il Canada alle Olimpiadi di Amsterdam. Ma chi si ricorda più di lei e della sua gloria passata, ora che vive sola e abbandonata in una casa per anziani? Eppure, un giorno, la sua tranquilla routine viene interrotta dalla visita di un ragazzo e una ragazza, desiderosi - almeno così dicono - di farsi raccontare la sua storia e girare un documentario sulle sue imprese sportive. Con il corpo debole ma la mente pronta a un'ultima avventura, Aganetha si lascia così caricare in auto e trascinare via. Man mano che il viaggio la conduce verso i luoghi della sua infanzia, nelle brumose campagne dell'Ontario, i ricordi di Aggie (come la chiamavano affettuosamente in famiglia) invadono la scena, si accavallano, raccontando una vita movimentata e intensa. I numerosi personaggi del suo lontano passato tornano così a esistere, più presenti dei vivi che la circondano: c'è Aganetha bambina e poi adolescente che, insieme alle sorelle, impara a conoscere il mondo dei grandi; c'è la Prima guerra mondiale, che si porta via tanti giovani; c'è la scoperta del talento atletico e quell'allenatore che eccita la sua voglia di primeggiare; ci sono i tormenti dell'amicizia femminile e poi quelli del primo amore; infine c'è la donna adulta, alle prese con scelte di vita che non sempre si collocano nel solco della propria epoca. Oltre a una trama ricca di colpi di scena, è la voce narrante di Aganetha a sedurre e ipnotizzare il lettore, con le sue emozioni, la sua forza d'animo e quella speciale generosità che la porta a entrare in contatto con persone molto diverse da lei. Solo quando il suo viaggio si avvia alla conclusione, Aggie scopre che i due giovani che sono venuti a cercarla non sono quel che dicono di essere, e conoscono un segreto che lei non ha mai rivelato a nessuno.

Après avoir couru toute sa vie, Aganetha Smart, aujourd’hui centenaire, vit dans un hospice où elle ne quitte plus son fauteuil roulant. Lorsqu’un duo d’inconnus l’emmène, prétextant la réalisation d’un documentaire sur sa carrière sportive, la vieille dame se doute que ce n'est pas le seul motif de leur visite. Lors de cette excursion qui se transforme en voyage dans le temps, Aganetha s’égare entre passé et présent, revivant ses souvenirs les plus marquants. La vie à la ferme aux côtés de son frère et de ses sœurs, la guerre impitoyable et les maladies soudaines qui frappent sa famille, mais surtout la découverte d’une passion qui l’aide à affronter tous les drames : la course. Cette passion grâce à laquelle elle rencontre l’amour et l’amitié, et qui lui fera vivre son heure de gloire lors des Jeux olympiques de 1928. Carrie Snyder nous plonge dans le destin tourmenté de cette femme athlète dont la performance historique marque profondément le monde du sport des années 1920. Avec force et délicatesse, elle entraîne le lecteur dans une course haletante sans que sa voix ne s’essouffle jamais, aux côtés d’Aganetha qui, elle, court sans espérer accomplir un exploit mais pour se donner le courage de vivre.

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Carrie Snyder, que ha sido comparada con Alice Munro, confirma el buen momento de la literatura canadiense con esta inolvidable novela, una « Mujercitas moderna». «La fuerza y la independencia de Aggie serán una inspiración para los lectores. Una conmovedora historia sobre la vida y su redención.» Booklist Nadie parece recordar hoy la gesta de Aganetha en 1928, su medalla de oro para Canadá en los primeros Juegos Olímpicos en los que las mujeres pudieron participar en pruebas de larga distancia, hasta que llegan a visitarla al asilo dos jóvenes extraños que desean saber más sobre su carrera deportiva. «Aggie» regresa así a la granja donde fue criada y revive su infancia, su historia de amor y su lucha por convertirse en una mujer independiente a su llegada a la gran ciudad. Por su memoria pasan la devastadora Primera Guerra Mundial, la gripe española, los optimistas años veinte y la década terrible de los treinta. Pero a medida que se adentra en su memoria descubre que los jóvenes no son quienes aseguran. La crítica ha dicho... «Quizá lo más fascinante del libro es correr vorazmente por las páginas y sentir cómo Aggie avanza solitaria por su vejez al tiempo que se agolpan detrás de sus ojos extraordinarias instantáneas en movimiento. La escritura de Carrie Snyder, aparentemente tranquila y susurrada, llena de perlas poéticas, me ha transportado a las heroínas cotidianas descritas por Alice Munro.» Núria Albesa, Cultura/s de La Vanguardia «El esfuerzo de las mujeres por alcanzar el podio en todas las parcelas de la vida y el alto coste personal que muchas de ellas han debido de pagar es la plataforma que sustenta una novela como esta, que demuestra la gran vitalidad de las herederas de Alice Munro.» Sagrario Fernández-Prieto, La Razón «Una historia de superación personal que enamorará a los amantes del running.» Álvaro Colomer, Yo Dona «Una historia preciosa sobre cómo seguir los dictados del corazón.» CBC Books «Un hermoso y sentido homenaje a todas las mujeres olvidadas que lograron romper muchas barreras y un testimonio sobre sus luchas y sacrificios que allanaron el camino de las atletas que las siguieron... Una historia conmovedora, bellamente contada.» Quill & Quire «Llena de imágenes sorprendentes y perlas de sabiduría.» Publishers Weekly «No tienes que ser un atleta para disfrutar de esta fantástica novela.» Metro «Me ha recordado a Virginia Woolf.» Jessica Michalofsky, Winnipeg Review «Una lectura compulsiva... Reveladora.» Waterloo Chronicle «Si va a leer La corredora, cancele todos sus planes y póngase cómodo porque no va a querer abandonar la lectura.» EbookClassics «Lo que define esta novela es la profundidad de Aggie, una singular heroína cuya rica vida interior es solo igualada por su interesantísima vida exterior.» National Post «Una novela maravillosamente compleja que nunca pierde su camino. Un libro tremendamente poderoso.» Kitchener Waterloo Record «Una corriente de sensual imaginación que se hace más sofisticada en cada página.» The Walrus «Un libro que encontrará, y que debe encontrar, un gran público. Una de mis novelas favoritas de este año.» Susan Fish, Waterloo Region Record «Snyder es una escritora de la que seguro oiremos más en el futuro. Su prosa es profunda, aguda y rica.» Rover Arts

La història de l’Aggie, que el 1928, amb 20 anys, representa el Canadà en la cursa dels 800 metres als Jocs Olímpics d’Amsterdam, els primers de la història en què les dones van poder competir en aquesta modalitat (i els únics durant anys, ja que poc després d’aquesta cursa els jutges van decidir que suposava un risc greu per a les dones i la van eliminar fins al 1960). Novel·la èpica, alhora històrica i contemporània, La noia que corre és la història d’una jove, competitiva i ambiciosa, que al llarg del segle XX corre a fons la llarga cursa que és la seva vida. La història de com neix i creix una passió com el running, i de l’esforç, la constància i les renúncies que comporta perseguir un somni.

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Featuring a preview of Carrie Snyder’s highly anticipated debut novel, Girl Runner. Anansi Digital brings you Carrie Snyder’s debut collection, Hair Hat, “a potent work of original imagination.” (Edmonton Journal) In these mysterious and wondrous stories, eleven disparate people — some of them related, some of them neighbours, glancing acquaintances, or even complete strangers — are transformed by a man with hair shaped like a hat. The lives depicted here are familiar, observed in all their ordinary detail. There is an eight-year-old girl sent to visit her aunt while her mother gives birth; an irrepressibly nosy landlady; a mother on a beach outing with her two young children; a grandmother taking her infant grandson for a stroll in the park. They are going about their everyday routine when they encounter a man — who speaks to them or not, passes them on the street, is somehow seen by them all. In that moment a truth about their lives, who they are and are not, who they might be, is realized. Different to each of them, he makes perfect sense to them all. By turns a figure of forgiveness, of threat, even of love, eventually this elusive figure himself begins to be revealed. With enormous subtlety and sly humour, Snyder unmasks rich and complex inner lives roiling just beneath the surface, lives of deep and unrequited yearning. Their singular encounters with the mysterious hair hat man begin to layer powerfully, one upon the other. Taken as a whole, Hair Hat enacts a deeply compelling human drama.

Shortlisted for the Governor General's Literary Award: Fiction and selected as a Globe and Mail Top 100 Book Juliet Friesen is ten years old when her family moves to Nicaragua. It is 1984, the height of Nicaragua's post-revolutionary war, and the peace-activist Friesens have come to protest American involvement. In the midst of this tumult, Juliet's family lives outside of the boundaries of ordinary life. They've escaped, and the ordinary rules don't apply. Threat is pervasive, danger is real, but the extremity of the situation also produces a kind of euphoria, protecting Juliet's family from its own cracks and conflicts. When Juliet's younger brother becomes sick with cancer, their adventure ends abruptly. The Friesens return to Canada only to find that their lives beyond Nicaragua have become the war zone. One by one, they drift from each other, and Juliet grows to adulthood, pulled between her desire to live a free life like the one she remembers in Nicaragua, and her desire to build for her own children a life more settled than her parents could provide. With laser-sharp prose and breathtaking insight, these stories herald Carrie Snyder as one of Canada's most prodigiously talented writers. Now featuring a a preview of Carrie Snyder's new novel, Girl Runner.

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