Pale Shadows

"Gorgeous, aching prose... Pale Shadows is a breathtaking contemplation of grief, legacies, and how what a person leaves behind continues to change and inspire the world." - ? Starred Review, Foreword Reviews

"Fortier's pair of books speak to Dickinson's continued relevance." - Shara Kronmal, Necessary Fiction

"I was as delighted by this book as I was by Paper Houses, in part because I was happy to return to the lacework world Fortier creates with her voice. ... This handover between writers in time is the essence of literature. Because books do not die. That is the only consolation of mortals who read." - Chantal Guy, La Presse

"Dominique Fortier's sixth novel, Pale Shadows, is enchanted. [...] It is meant to be taken in slowly, savouring each sentence." - Ariane Cipriani, Culture Club

"This luminous story brings us closer to Emily Dickinson's poems, 'leaves the light shines through,' and closer to the inspired grace of Dominique Fortier." - Monique Roy, Chatelaine

"Paper Houses and Pale Shadows are the positive and negative of a single image, two facets of the same story." - Lea Harvey, Le Soleil

"A novel filled with figments and ghosts, the living and the dead, words and silence." - Yvon Pare, Litterature du Quebec

"I can't remember on what page I started to read Pale Shadows out loud, but it happened naturally. What I was left with, even more dazzlingly still, was the beauty of Dominique Fortier's prose and of Emily Dickinson's poetry." - Marie-Anne Poggi, Club des irresistibles

"Pale Shadows is an elegant, delicate book, a treasure for your bookcase." - Marie-Anne Poggi, Club des irresistibles