To See Out the Night

WINNER QWF Cole Foundation Award for Translation 2023

“David Clerson is one of the best-kept secrets in Quebec literature. Absolutely fascinating!” Les Effrontées

“These short stories by David Clerson land somewhere between Kafka, Horacio Quiroga, and Raymond Carver ... Unusual, tragic, and funny.” Simon Boulerice, arts columnist

“Clerson's strange fables lend themselves to shifts in meaning, curious associations, unusual combinations.” ???? Laurence Perron, Lettres québécoises

“David Clerson has captured the malaise of our times.” Josée Boileau, Journal de Montréal

“A powerful world where the fantastic meets the organic in compelling fashion.“ Jury, Grand Prix du livre de Montréal 2019

“David Clerson toys with reality. Whether his characters are fleeing it, reinterpreting it, or trying to make sense of it, the unexpected paths they take cast our lives in a different light.>” Sophie Ouimet, La Presse

“In an apocalyptic world where myth meets dystopia, these short stories conjure up a recognizable present by drawing on the fantastical and the unusual ? At once comic and profoundly melancholic, this is probably also David Clerson's most political book. He imagines (without requiring a huge leap of the imagination) a world that ignores its intellectuals as much as it does its misfits.” Dominic Tardif, Le Devoir

“A collection of short stories that reads like a thriller, tinged with horror and the uncanny. A remarkable piece of writing.” Coop Zone Bookstore