Where the River Narrows - Couverture souple

Laberge, Aimee

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0006485677 ISBN 13 : 9780006485674

Editeur : Harper Perennial, 2004

Synopsis

The story of Where the River Narrows begins with the mysterious figure of Antonio Tremblay, the mythical coureur de bois who traps in the forests surrounding Chicoutimi, Québec. Of mixed blood himself, he takes two wives: the saintly Marie-Ange, who gives him two daughters, and Marie Kapesh, his clandestine "wood wife", whose children remain hidden in the forest. Marie-Ange’s younger daughter, the beautiful Marie-Reine, becomes the matriarch of a boisterous, tightly knit family, whose children, grand-children, and great-grandchildren must chart their own way in a changing Québec.

Where the River Narrows sweeps effortlessly across the centuries, from the French royal court to the founding of Québec City in 1608, from the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 to the FLQ Crisis. Against this rich panorama, the daily lives of the Tremblays unfold. Marie-Reine’s children grow up, marry, have their own children who, in turn, spread beyond Québec to a wider world. It is Lucie, a child of the -60s facing a troubled marriage, who begins the long journey back, bringing to life a history she had glimpsed only in school books and discovering a past peopled by saints and sinners, weighed down by history and religion. From the beginning, Lucie senses that there are long-buried secrets shaping the fortunes of the Tremblays, secrets that draw her into the dark forests of her ancestors.

This passionate novel resonates with joie de vivre as the Tremblays fight and reconcile, mourn and worship, hate and love one another. Ranging from the wilderness of eighteenth-century New France to the -60s faux farmhouses o of suburban Sainte-Foy, Where the River Narrows echoes the many voices and visions that have shaped a unique part of Canada.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Aimée Laberge has published stories in literary magazines, radio drama on the CBC and a children’s book Le Géant Bleu (Editions Ovale). Where the River Narrows is her first novel. A skilled animator and artist, her work has been seen on television and in the London Daily Telegraph. Born and raised in la belle province, Aimée Laberge is a direct descendant of the first settlers in New France. She has lived in Québec, Montréal, Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary and London, England. She now lives in with her family in Chicago.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harper Perennial
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0006485677
• ISBN 13: 9780006485674
• Reliure: Broché
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