Plainsong

…in English, under the title Plainsong, before translating it into French. Her subsequent novels included Virevolte (1994; Slow Emergencies), L’Empreinte de l’ange (1998; The Mark of the Angel), Dolce agonia (2001; Eng. trans. Dolce Agonia), and Danse noire (2013; Black Dance). She won the Prix Femina for

…written first in English as Plainsong and then re-created in French, was awarded the Governor General’s Award for fiction in French, raising questions about the very definition of French Canadian literature.