Élisabeth Vonarburg

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Canonical name: Vonarburg, Élisabeth
Legal name: Vonarburg, Élisabeth Ferron-Wehrlin Morché
Other names: Verrault, Sabine
Birthdate: 1947-08-05
Gender: female
Nationality: France (birth)
Canada
Birthplace: Paris, France
Places of residence: Saguenay, Québec, Canada
Occupations: writer (science fiction)
novelist
Organizations: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
SF Canada
Disambiguation notice: aka Sabine Verrault

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Ailleurs et au Japon

I'd been chipping away at this book of short stories for many months and finally chipped through to the end. Maybe my French is rusty, but many of the stories made little sense. The ones that did, however, left impressions. Ex lovers watch an extreme display of performance art together, a story from the point of view of lab creatures, a cyborg girl decides to induce total sensory deprivation... (August 19, 2005)

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cindywho | May 27, 2019 |

REINE DE MEMOIRE T1 MAISON OUBLI #85

3,5 en fait. Juste parce que c'est un premier tome et que c'est surtout une mise en place. Mais je lirai sans doute la suite!

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Moncoinlecture | 1 other review | Apr 4, 2013 |

The Silent City by Elisabeth Vonarburg

Full of surprising ideas, with twists that really shock. The writing seemed clumsy, with some sections dragging into repetitive musings and other important sections being under-explored. This could be the fault of the translation. Overall, for fans of post-apocalyptic/gene-manipulating/life-extending/battling of the sexes novels, a must-read!

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aarch235 | Jul 21, 2010 |

IN THE MOTHERS' LAND by Elisabeth Vonarburg

I picked this book up at a supermarket bookshelf, mostly to piss off my mom who thought the amount of books I bought was scandalous. It was also one of the very first books I read that I would classify as Adult - I then read it, and read it again, and again. I think I read this book at least two or three times a year for a period of about 4 years. The story of the little girl on the outside trying to get accepted really spoke to me in my teens. As a result, my copy is much battered, has pages falling out, and is very sad state.

I haven't read it since I grew out of the teenage phase so I don't know if its as well written as I remember it. I'm a bit afraid to try - what if its not up to how I remember it?… (more)

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TheDivineOomba | 3 other reviews | Aug 2, 2009 |

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