Happy the Hours

Hours. Landscapes. Seasons. Life. A musical meditation in poetic prose. Pascal Quignard is laureate of the Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française (2000), the Prix Goncourt (2002) and the Prix Formentor (2023), amongst many other prestigious awards. Happy the Hours (Les Heures Heureuses, Albin Michel, 2023) is the twelfth in his Last Kingdom series. Chris Turner has rendered in English ten books by Quignard, all published by Seagull Books.— Google Books