Mister Blue

Mister Blue

Jacques Poulin • Archipelago Books

ISBN-10: 1935744313 · ISBN-13: 978‑1935744313 · 2011

Live offer for this book: 19 live copies of this book from $3.48 (as of 2026-09-06).

Dimensions: 6.5 in × 5.5 in × 0.5 in; 6.6 Oz

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Cover quality: good

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One of Jacques Poulin’s masterpieces, this tender and perceptive tale explores the textures of solitude, compassion, language, fear, and the imagination. Meet Jim: writer suffering from vivid dreams and bouts of writer’s block. Meet Mister Blue, a dignified and prophetic cat and Jim’s sole companion that spring on the Île d’Orléans. That is, until the day they discover a copy of The Arabian Nights in a cave along the beach. Tinged with heartbreak as well as joy, Mister Blue is a novel of subtle shadows and emotions, of wide-open blue sky—a ballet of the possible.

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