{"product_id":"roch-carriers-la-guerre-trilogy-9781770893733","title":"Roch Carrier's La Guerre Trilogy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe A List edition of one of the major achievements in recent Quebec literature — Roch Carrier’s La Guerre trilogy is a vital, moving, and assured portrait of life in Quebec. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLa Guerre, Yes Sir!\u003c\/em\u003e A surrealist fable set in rural Quebec during WWI. Canadian Literature greeted its first appearance in these terms: “It is the French-Canadian writer Roch Carrier who comes closest to the significance, power, and artistry of Faulkner at his best … He might well be able to do for French Canada what Faulkner did for the American South.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFloralie, Where Are You?\u003c\/em\u003e In the second installment, Carrier reaches back to the wedding night of the Corriveau parents, whom we first meet in La Guerre, Yes Sir!. Once again, a single night expands until it becomes a world in itself. But this time it is a very different concoction, mingling desire and guilt, nightmare and fantasy, as Anthymo drives Floralie back to his village through the forest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIs It the Sun, Philibert?\u003c\/em\u003e In the final installment, Young Philibert hitchhikes down to Montreal to make his fortune, and meets a different world. As he scrambles from job to job, he discovers a new Quebec — urban, industrial, and dedicated finally to the death of the person.\u003c\/p\u003e \u2028\u003cp\u003eIn this moving trilogy, Roch Carrier’s savage vision comes across with great urgency and Sheila Fischman’s fluid translations sing with vivacity and grace.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roch Carrier","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48284265709819,"sku":"9781770893733","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/9781770893733.jpg?v=1772486288","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/roch-carriers-la-guerre-trilogy-9781770893733","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}