Daniil and Vanya

A Book of the Year, Quill & Quire

“Daniil and Vanya has none of the gentleness for which Canadian literature is sometimes known. It’s direct and shocking. Marie-Hélène Larochelle’s academic work focuses on violence and vulgarity in French literature, which she explores in this novel without the filter of Canadian politeness. The book goes in swinging and doesn’t stop until it’s gripped you with its haunting brutality to where you can’t look away.”
—Michelle Winters, Scotiabank Giller Prize-nominated author of I Am a Truck