The Orange Grove

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Nominated for the 2017 White Pine AwardNominated for the 2017 International Dublin Literary AwardIn an unnamed and war-torn country, twin brothers Amed and Aziz live in the sanctuary of the familys orange grove. But when a bomb comes from the other side of the mountain and kills their grandparents, their father must choose how best to avenge his parents death, with tragic and unforeseen consequences.Morally complex and completely unforgettable, Larry Tremblays bestsellingThe Orange Groveoffers up a tragic fable about the absurd logic of terrorism, the power of brotherly love, and the hope for peace in a broken world.Praise forOrange GroveReaders will be uncomfortably stirred by this poignant novel about the haunting effects of war This is a tale of the innumerable tragedies of warbereavement, brainwashing, aftermathtold with the lyricism of an epic parable or fairytale, one the reader will not soon forget.Publishers WeeklyThis slender novel, which is short enough to read in a single sitting, is exquisitely wroughtexpertly crafted and thought-provokinga book that readers will not soon forget.Prism InternationalA finely sculpted gem Possibly the best novel to come from Quebec in 2013.ElleA fluid and disturbing fable Subtle and extraordinary.La PresseAn essential book.ChatelainePraise for Larry TremblayTremblays ability [is] not so much to weave a storyline as to unravel one with such finesseToronto SunTremblays magical language leads us through consumptive anguish, into surreal burlesque, onward to a fierce reality.Christopher Willard