The Immaculate Conception (novel)
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| Author | Gaétan Soucy |
|---|---|
| Original title | L'Immaculée conception |
| Translator | Lazer Lederhendler |
| Language | English translation of original French |
| Genre | Psychological novel |
| Publisher | House of Anansi Press |
Publication date | April 28, 2006 |
| Publication place | Canada |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 320 pp |
| ISBN | 0-88784-736-6 |
| OCLC | 60798019 |
| 843/.914 22 | |
| LC Class | PQ3919.2.S655 I4613 2005 |
The Immaculate Conception is the English translation by Lazer Lederhendler of Gaétan Soucy's French novel, L'Immaculée conception, first published in 1994.
The book was named the winner of the 2007 Quebec Writers' Federation Prize for Translation at the Quebec Writers' Federation Awards. The novel was also a finalist for the 2006 Canada Council for the Arts Governor General’s Literary Awards, one of five books shortlisted for the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize—Canada's largest annual prize for fiction—and was also one of four novels nominated for the 2006 ReLit Awards.