Everything Is Ori

The Lelarge family quietly runs its little seafood empire from Quebec’s North Shore. But when an elegant visitor is dispatched by a mysterious Japanese conglomerate to their isolated fishing village, things will never be the same again. Because Mori Ishikawa has a secret invention: Ori. And it’s destined to change the course of human history.

Paul Serge Forest was born in 1984. He grew up on Quebec’s North Shore and now lives in Montreal, where he practices medicine. Everything is Ori is his first novel. The French version of the novel won the Prix Robert-Cliche in 2021, Quebec’s most prestigious first-novel award. David Warriner grew up in the UK and escaped to Quebec right after graduating from Oxford. A professional translator for nearly two decades, David nurtures a healthy passion for Quebec fiction and has translated a range of fiction, nonfiction, and children’s fiction titles by Quebec authors for Canadian and UK publishers.