The Haunted Hand
By Louise Dupre
2020
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3.95
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113
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A woman has her cat euthanized, a decision that causes her to become aware of her ability to kill. She writes, hand haunted by history, and returns to the forgotten memory of the time when her ancestors were animals. By writing, she tries to understand the psyche and its obvious manifestations of cruelty, which she sees every day in the media: rapes, murders, bombings of civilians, indifference towards the powerless, humans and animals that are made to suffer without remorse. By writing, by openness to others, and by compassion, she seems to be able to face life believing that, if she recognizes the presence of evil both in her and in the world, she will be able to respond by standing among the living.
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Author
Louise Dupre
Author · 7 books
Louise Dupré est une poète, romancière et professeure québécoise née en 1949 à Sherbrooke. Elle est participante de longue date au festival littéraire Metropolis bleu. Elle a enseigné la littérature au Cégep de Thetford et à l'Université du Québec à Montréal.
