In 1960s), Q# u=^:/ebec#?, Agathe, an* asthm+*
^at@ic child w=
ith a v]?ivid inn^er world, grows up /\in an$ iso.la!
:ted suburb,\ lulled by the haunting s^[ounds of a pa^ssing night -?train that spa%[.,rk her longi`ng for an elusiv$-e el,# sewhere. Her
^ mother Thér, ) èse (the remar,/]kable __L)[aris/\sa ]$)Co*rr+^iv`%`eau),? a secretary ,*by day and =art=_ist by night,^ @ creates a tender, off@b`(eat daily//+ life with her flamboya
nt f--riend Ma
urice, a fashion desig(ner. As A^*\gath (e grows up, she meets Frank (Len%=%n+[+i%!kim), a you
]ng writer who=.$se d(^reams o#^)f a! Japan?ese h
eroine s)*
t).rike a m:(yste]?rious ch* ord w:_ithin he r+.. Fo-\r her !!dir#ec`-*torial deb?@u?t! , th_e (]great Mar%)ie B/
rassard crafts a m_:y= sti[`cal and mesme\ /)rizing, v? is@ually exquisit( -e tale,=$- #`wher[! e[. past an;
d f .)u\tu:r,^e, d;^re:*am and _,r=.eality intertwine. Infused\ wit@*/h- myth\ olo_?gical legends, ,$q!( ;uantum physics], and m\agic!al re$#alism, this c;-^oming-of-a^/-ge journey is also a moving=? ex)`+ploration#= ]]`of iden%@-!tity- and the myster(,ies  -(of space and time.