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Last Night in Montreal

Collected in Emily St. John Mandel 5 Books Collection Set

Last Night in Montreal

Contemporary LiteratureLiterary Fiction
Pages
247
Published
2009
Language
English

Synopsis

Lilia Albert has spent her life constantly moving and changing identities, haunted by an inability to remember her early childhood. She abandons lovers and is possibly still pursued by a private detective. When her latest lover follows her to Montreal, determined to uncover her secrets, Lilia must confront her past. This story delves into love, amnesia, and the profound limits of family bonds.

Prose complexity
7/10

Collected in

Book cover of Emily St. John Mandel 5 Books Collection Set
Emily St. John Mandel 5 Books Collection Set

Vibe

MysteriousGrittyMelancholic
Unreliable NarratorMystery Box

Genres

Contemporary Literature Literary Fiction Psychological Thriller Suspense

About the author

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Emily St. John Mandel

Emily St. John Mandel is a Canadian novelist born in 1979 in Merville, British Columbia. Raised on Denman Island, she studied contemporary dance at the School of Toronto Dance Theatre before turning to fiction, and now lives in New York City. Her novels include Last Night in Montreal, The Singer's Gun, Station Eleven, The Glass Hotel, and Sea of Tranquility. Station Eleven won the 2015 Arthur C. Clarke Award and was adapted into an HBO Max limited series.

Characters

Lilia AlbertProtagonist
EliSupporting
All characters in Last Night in Montreal