Anne Michaels
Anne Michaels is the author of three highly acclaimed poetry collections: The Weight of Oranges (1986), which won the Commonwealth Prize for the Americas; Miner’s Pond (1991), which received the Canadian Authors Association Award and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award and the Trillium Award (these two volumes were published in a single-volume edition in 1997); and Skin Divers (1999).
Fugitive Pieces (1996) is Anne Michaels' multi-award-winning, internationally bestselling first novel. In Canada, it was #1, and on the national bestseller list for more than two years. The literary prizes the novel has garnered to date are: In Canada, the Chapters/Books...
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Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Emblem Editions | Fiction - Literary; Fiction
978-0-7710-5909-4 (0-7710-5909-4)
March 9, 2010 | $22.00
The long-awaited novel by the internationally celebrated author of Fugitive Pieces, the debut novel that catapulted Anne Michaels into the forefront of literary superstars.
“The future casts its shadow on the past. In this way, first gestures contain everything . . .”
Anne Michaels’s first work of fiction in more than a...
eBook | 324 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Fiction - Literary; Fiction
978-1-55199-338-6 (1-55199-338-4)
April 16, 2009 | $32.99
The long-awaited novel by the internationally celebrated author of Fugitive Pieces, the debut novel that catapulted Anne Michaels into the forefront of literary superstars.
“The future casts its shadow on the past. In this way, first gestures contain everything . . .”
Anne Michaels’s first work of fiction in more than a...
Hardcover | 352 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Fiction - Literary; Fiction
978-0-7710-5890-5 (0-7710-5890-X)
March 31, 2009 | $32.99
The long-awaited novel by the internationally celebrated author of Fugitive Pieces, the debut novel that catapulted Anne Michaels into the forefront of literary superstars.
“The future casts its shadow on the past. In this way, first gestures contain everything . . .”
Anne Michaels’s first work of fiction in more than a...
Trade Paperback | 312 pages | Emblem Editions | Fiction - Literary; Fiction; Fiction - Historical
978-0-7710-5882-0 (0-7710-5882-9)
March 3, 2009 | $19.99
Anne Michaels’ spellbinding début novel has quickly become one of the most beloved and talked-about books of the decade. As a young boy during the Second World War, Jakob Beer is rescued from the mud in Poland by an unlikely saviour, the scientist Athos Roussos, and he is taken to Greece...
eBook | 80 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Poetry; Poetry - Single Author
978-1-55199-217-4 (1-55199-217-5)
February 24, 2009 | $17.99
Skin Divers is award-winning writer Anne Michaels’ dazzling third book of poems. These poems develop the concern with love, transience, and memory evident in her earlier work, and at the same time signal a definitive turning point towards a new thematic landscape.
Michaels is a writer whose thoughts take shape in sensuous...
Trade Paperback | 432 pages | New Canadian Library | Fiction
978-0-7710-9667-9 (0-7710-9667-4)
December 1, 2008 | $21.95
The Sacrifice is a haunting depiction of one family and its often tragic attempts to come to terms with a new life in a new country. It is a moving, almost biblical story of a father possessed by his hope for his only son; of a son who rebels against his...
Trade Paperback | 80 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Poetry; Poetry - Single Author
978-0-7710-5907-0 (0-7710-5907-8)
September 4, 2007 | $17.99
Skin Divers is award-winning writer Anne Michaels’ dazzling third book of poems. These poems develop the concern with love, transience, and memory evident in her earlier work, and at the same time signal a definitive turning point towards a new thematic landscape.
Michaels is a writer whose thoughts take shape in sensuous...
Paperback | 392 pages | New Canadian Library | Fiction - Literary
978-0-7710-3472-5 (0-7710-3472-5)
June 5, 2001 | $12.95
The Sacrifice is a haunting depiction of one family and its often tragic attempts to come to terms with a new life in a new country. It is a moving, almost biblical story of a father possessed by his hope for his only son; of a son who rebels against his...
Trade Paperback | 312 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Fiction - Literary; Fiction; Fiction - Historical
978-0-7710-5885-1 (0-7710-5885-3)
January 30, 1999 | $21.00
Anne Michaels’ spellbinding début novel has quickly become one of the most beloved and talked-about books of the decade. As a young boy during the Second World War, Jakob Beer is rescued from the mud in Poland by an unlikely saviour, the scientist Athos Roussos, and he is taken to Greece...
Trade Paperback | 132 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Poetry; Poetry - Single Author
978-0-7710-5878-3 (0-7710-5878-0)
April 5, 1997 | $16.99
Prior to her stunning début novel, Fugitive Pieces, Anne Michaels had already won prizes and acclaim for her two poetry collections. The Weight of Oranges and Miner’s Pond are now brought back into print in this one-volume collector’s edition.
Published in 1986, The Weight of Oranges created a sensation, garnering the kind...
Trade Paperback | 304 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Fiction - Literary; Fiction; Fiction - Historical
978-0-7710-5883-7 (0-7710-5883-7)
May 11, 1996 | $19.99
Anne Michaels’ spellbinding début novel has quickly become one of the most beloved and talked-about books of the decade. As a young boy during the Second World War, Jakob Beer is rescued from the mud in Poland by an unlikely saviour, the scientist Athos Roussos, and he is taken to Greece...












