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To Place a Rabbit by Madhur Anand Knopf Canada 240 pages $33 The phrase “to place a rabbit”—poser un lapin—translates as “to commit to doing something but not show up for it.” Doubling as the title of Madhur Anand’s debut novel, the expression at once captures the predicament of the novel’s protagonist and Anand’s inquiry […]

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I spent the fall of 2022 at literary festivals, on tour with my second book of poetry, asking poets and novelists about translation, a subject I’d recently become interested in as a writer.

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Madhur Anand is an environmental scientist at Guelph University. She is also a poet, and won a Governor General’s Award for a memoir, This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart. Now she is also a novel...

Madhur Anand is a scientist and poet making her fiction debut with To Place a Rabbit. The novel explores love, identity and the unexpected pull of storytelling.

Professeure de l’Université de Guelph au Canada, l’écologue Madhur Anand fait dialoguer sciences et arts, jusque dans sa pratique. Modélisatrice et autrice, elle profite de son accueil montpelliérain ...

Dr. Madhur Anand, award-winning poet and environmental sciences professor at the University of Guelph, reflects on her debut novel To Place A Rabbit.

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Alex Trnka reviews “To Place a Rabbit,” an experimental debut novel which follows one scientist’s quest to translate a French novella.

'Madhur Anand has again created a work of elegance and exploration'

A scientist is consumed by memories of love and loss as she translates a French novella.

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As part of the second part of Prof. Dr. Madhur Anand’s CARE Visiting Fellowship, Sciences Po recently had the pleasure of hosting a workshop exploring the integration of social and natural sciences in...

A witty, irresistible debut novel from award-winning poet Madhur Anand about entangled desire in books, life and love.