Not for Every Eye
Both touchingly comical and extremely provocative, this novel deals with ennui in Quebec and the intellectual alienation of a disenchanted hero, Herve Jodoin. Jodoin has come to Saint Joachim to work in the town's only bookstore. The proprietor, Leon Chicoine, is a seemingly respectable man who claims to be the secret agent of free thought and liberty, keeping a collection of books for specific customers only. However, when Jodoin sells a book by a well-known, subversive author, the resulting crisis within the town involves not only Chicoine, but also the town priest and our hero's lonely landlady. This revised edition contains both English a…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Urquhart, Steven (Solist)
- ISBN: 978-1-55096-149-2
- EAN: 9781550961492
- Produktnummer: 11035921
- Verlag: Exile Ed
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 111 S.
- Masse: H21.3 cm x B13.7 cm x D1.0 cm 159 g
- Reihenbandnummer: 18
- Gewicht: 159
Über den Autor
Gerard Bessette was a noted French Canadian author and a former professor at the Royal Military College and Queen's University in Canada. His work includes the award-winning The Cycle and Incubation. He was the recipient of the Governor General's Award and the Prix David. Steven Urquhart is a translator, the executor of the Gerard Bessette estate, and an associate professor at the University of Saskatchewan. He lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
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