The Colour of Time, or the Incredible Story of Mary Gallagher

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The Colour of Time, or the Incredible Story of Mary Gallagher

A novel from the bestselling author of Songs for the Cold of Heart

Sightings of the ghost of Mary Gallagher are reported every six years in Montreal, three days after the Saint-Jean-Baptiste holiday…

From Aimé’s Quiet Revolution and the thrills and spills of Expo 67 to the brothels, business and trained bears of Mary’s 19th-century Griffintown, The Colour of Time is a larger-than-life family saga like no other, rooted in the farms at the foot of Mount Royal, where the famous Montreal melon was cultivated.

This fabulous trip through time is proof positive that history is no match for destiny, and that all of the future exists in the past.

One of the hallmarks of Eric Dupont’s writing is the juxtaposition of the supernatural and real worlds—his trademark magical realism. The lighthearted tone of his work often belies undercurrents of deeper themes and meanings.

AUTHOR

Peter McCambridge

Originally from Ireland, Peter McCambridge holds a BA in modern languages from Cambridge University, England, and has lived in Quebec City since 2003. He runs Québec Reads and QC Fiction. His translations have been World Literature Today Notable Translations, longlisted for Canada Reads, and finalists for the Giller Prize and the Governor General’s Award for Translation.

AUTHOR

Eric Dupont

Born in 1970, Eric Dupont lives and works in Montreal. He has published 5 novels with Marchand de feuilles and in France with Éditions du Toucan and Éditions J?ai lu (Flammarion). He is a past winner of Radio-Canada?s ?Combat des livres? (the equivalent of the CBC?s Canada Reads contest), a finalist for the Prix littéraire France-Québec and the Prix des cinq continents, and a winner of the Prix des libraires and the Prix littéraire des collégiens. Songs for the Cold of Heart, his fourth novel and his second to be published in English with QC Fiction, was a finalist for the Governor General?s Award for Translation and the Giller Prize. It has since been published by HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollins, outside of Canada as The American Fiancée.