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

“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.” – Léa Harvey, Le Soleil

“A novel filled with figments and ghosts, the living and the dead, words and silence.” – Yvon Paré, Littérature du Québec

“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 irrésistibles

“Pale Shadows is an elegant, delicate book, a treasure for your bookcase.” – Marie-Anne Poggi, Club des irrésistibles