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In the Scotiabank Giller Prizewinning author Johanna Skibsruds new book, nine loosely connected and hypnotic stories introduce an unforgettable cast of characters. A young maid at a hotel in France encounters a man who asks to paint her portrait, only later discovering that the man is someone other than who she thinks. A divorced father, fearing estrangement from his thirteen-year-old daughter, allows her to take the wheel of his car, realizing too late that hes made a grave mistake. A Canadian girl and her French host stumble on the one story that transcends their language barrier. Youth confronted with the mutterings of old age, restlessness bounded by the muddy confines of a backyard garden, callow hope coming up against the exigencies of everyday lifethese are life-defining moments that weave throughout the everyday lives of the remarkable characters in this book. Time and again they find themselves confronted with what they didnt know they didnt know, at the exact point of intersection between impossibility and desire. In This Will Be Difficult to Explain Skibsrud has created a series of masterful, perceptive tales.

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Author

Skibsrud, Johanna, 1980-

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393073751

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Short Stories, Fiction

Rating

2.73 / 5 (174 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14