Hours. Landscapes. Seasons. Life. A musical meditation in poetic prose. Pascal Quignard is laureate of the Grand Prix du roman de l’Académie française (2000), the Prix Goncourt (2002) and the Prix Formentor (2023), amongst other prestigious awards. Blissful Hours (Les Heures Heureuses, Albin Michel, 2023) is the twelfth in his Last Kingdom series. Chris Turner has rendered in English ten books by Quignard, all published by Seagull Books.