Marie-Claire Blais she had been working on since 1995. It involves life in the United States in the late 20th and early 21st centuries and has a complexly interlocked cast of over 200 characters. It is also notable for its experimental nature, which involves the avoidance of paragraphs and chapters, with very long sentences punctuated by commas. Weightman,John."Fiction in France" The Observer [Britain]29 January 1960: Review section.Print. From Wikipedia Marie-Claire Blais Marie-Claire Blais, (born 5 October 1939) is a French Canadian writer, novelist, poet, and playwright from the province of Quebec. Blais was born to a blue collar family in Quebec City.
Claire Pratt Claire Pratt Mildred Claire Pratt (18 March 1921 – 5 April 1995) was a Canadian artist, poet and editor who published as Claire Pratt. Pratt was born in Toronto, Ontario on March 18, 1921, the only daughter of Viola Whitney, an editor of the magazine "World Friends", and poet E. J. Pratt. Pratt contracted polio at the age of 4 and later developed osteomyelitis, an inflammatory disease of the bone. This affected her for most of her life. She received degrees in English and Philosophy from Victoria College, University of Toronto, with a gold medal. She then studied international relations