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# Irma Voth Paperback – 5 Apr 2012

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        			&apos;Funny and skilfully drawn, this novel shows the real appeal of tales set in unknown communities.&apos; --Guardian &apos;Strong and skilful novel ... the writing is rich with oddball observations and arresting images ... Irma Voth is a parable of redemption, a powerful and favourite theme in literature since the New Testament, traceable through thousands of literary works that leave the reader with a comforting glow of hope.&apos; --Annie Proulx, Financial Times &apos;Toews&apos;s writing is beautifully assured, and what could be a heartbreaking journey is filled with humour and quirky observations. This moving book ends in redemption for Irma and for the reader as well.&apos; --Irish Times &apos;Toews . . . is clearly an artistic powerhouse. . . . In this compelling and beautiful novel, Toews&apos;s quirky and authentic voice shows increasing range and maturity. She is well on her way to fulfilling her promise as an important and serious writer.&apos;  -- The Gazette  &apos;There is something quite mesmerizing about Toews&apos;s prose. It&apos;s to do with the rhythm of her language, with the seeming effortlessness of it and, when combined with her quick, offhand wit, it can enliven even the darkest of moments.&apos; -- Toronto Star  &apos;Elegant, insightful writing with a dark psychological edge.&apos; --Red Magazine&quot;Toews . . . is clearly an artistic powerhouse. . . . In this compelling and beautiful novel, Toews&apos;s quirky and authentic voice shows increasing range and maturity. She is well on her way to fulfilling her promise as an important and serious writer.&quot; --&quot;The Gazette&quot;&quot;There is something quite mesmerizing about Toews&apos;s prose. It&apos;s to do with the rhythm of her language, with the seeming effortlessness of it and, when combined with her quick, offhand wit, it can enliven even the darkest of moments.&quot; &quot;-- Toronto Star&quot; &quot;Toews&apos;s ability to generate comedy and heartache at the same time just soars.&quot; &quot;-- Maclean&apos;s&quot; &quot;Irma Voth is wryly funny and perceptive.&quot; &quot;-- National Post&quot; &quot;It is beautiful, strange, and fascinating, and readers wise enough to trust in the author&apos;s sure hand will be rewarded with a novel that takes them someplace altogether unexpected.&quot; -- Kerry Clare, &quot;Quill & Quire&quot; &quot;A beautiful, heartbreaking novel. . . . Calls to mind Ann-Marie MacDonald&apos;s 1996 epic, Fall On Your Knees.&quot; &quot;-- Winnipeg Free Press&quot; &quot;A stunning culture clash between the Mennonite and art communities. . . . The internal conflict over when to reveal hard information, in life or in art, is one of Toews&apos;s key themes. A sequence about how it feels to tell the truth is a knockout.&quot; &quot; --NOW (Toronto)&apos;Elegant, insightful writing with a dark psychological edge.&apos; --Red Magazine
				    	
			    	
        		  
        		  
        	
          
              
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        			Irma Voth by Miriam Toews is a critically acclaimed story of love, longing, and dark family secrets from one of Canada&apos;s most-loved authors.
				    	
			    	
        		  
        		  
        	
          
              
        	  	  About the Author
        	  
        	  
        		  
        			Miriam Toews grew up in a Mennonite community in Southern Manitoba. Her previous novels include The Flying Troutmans, which was longlisted for the Orange Prize, A Boy of Good Breeding and A Complicated Kindness, which won a host of awards. She lives in Toronto. She starred in the Mexican film Silent Light (Spanish: Luz silenciosa, 2007).

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## Customer Reviews

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    3.5 Stars. Original and Rather Quirky
  

*by S***B on 18 April 2012*









  
  
    Irma Voth is a young woman of nineteen; she recently married against her father's wishes, and has even more recently been deserted by her husband, Jorge. Irma lives in northern Mexico, near Chihuahua, and is part of the Mennonite community - a strict religious group which has parallels with the Amish and, like the Amish, is not concerned with material matters or possessions and shuns the modern world of commercialism and consumerism. When a film crew arrives to make a film about the Mennonite community, which angers Irma's father, Irma makes the brave decision to work as a translator for the film director and, in doing so, comes into contact with people who live a very different life to hers.Irma's father, however, is determined to prevent Irma, and more especially Irma's younger sister, thirteen-year-old Aggie, from becoming tainted by the film crew's modern ways and his behaviour towards his daughters becomes even more unreasonable and abusive than normal. After yet another painful confrontation with her father where he threatens to evict Irma from her home and follows this with physically abusing Aggie, Irma realizes that she can no longer put up with his behaviour and decides to make a bid for freedom. Taking Aggie with her and also her baby sister, Irma manages to escape to Mexico City where she feels they will all be safe. But Irma gradually comes to the realization that you cannot escape your past and that to move forward there are some things that must be faced and dealt with.Miriam Toews is, I understand, one of Canada's most celebrated writers; she is also an actress and I would imagine that she has used her experience in the film industry to inform her writing for the first part of this novel; but it was not the first part of the novel that I found the most interesting - it was the second part where Irma struggled to cope with a difficult teenager and a very small baby in a strange city, which was more involving - if not entirely convincing. I found this book a little difficult to rate fairly as I had mixed feelings towards it; it's fresh, quirky, drily humorous and, in some ways, quite compelling, but I can appreciate that not everyone will find this a satisfying read. A friend, who was eager to read this immediately I had finished it, commented that the style of writing was difficult to 'get into', she found the first part of the story slow and she found the short sentences and lack of proper punctuation made for a confusing read.  I do understand her reservations but I found that once I had acclimatized to Toews style of writing, this book made for an interesting, original and quite poignant, if not wholly convincing read.3.5 Stars
  


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    irma voth: beautiful, funny, uniquely original
  

*by J***S on 4 October 2013*









  
  
    Irma Voth, the 19 year narrator of this uniquely original novel, starts off by telling us that her husband told her he isn't coming back until she learns to be a better wife. By the time you've finished the first paragraph, I was totally sucked in. I was laughing, and curious, and touched with this girl's innocence. And then on this journey as she develops experience, and courage.Having discovered Miriam Toews thru her novel, The Flying Fruckmans, I was curious about her background. She came from a Mennonite community in Canada. And then, with a few novels under her belt, was 'discovered' via the postage stamp sized author photo of her FACE, by a Mexican filmmaker who wanted to do a film on the Mennonite community.Irma Voth is the love child of that real life experience.Toews is so cool, walks this tightrope of humour and tragedy with such skill, and I wish I could sit down with her and ask her, how much of this is your story. She isn't Irma Voth - her experience as the 40-something female lead is actually a smaller characters - but Irma tells the story with such a great voice. She writes in English, but you really get the voice of the various Mexican characters.. what can I say. Just read it.I'm surprised it isn't a best seller. This would also make an amazing film. These pale blonde blue eyed people in the desert.. the ending is one of the most powerful endings to any novel I've ever read, because we simply don't know what happens next. I found myself, long after I read it, really hoping it's a happy ending.
  


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    Happy customer
  

*by V***A on 24 October 2019*









  
  
    V enjoyed book and delivery and condition as described. Thank you.
  


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