Métis Beach

By (author): Claudine Bourbonnais

Translated by: Jacob Homel

In America, not believing in God is anti-American, isn?t it?

At fifty years of age, Roman Carr, whose real name is Romain Carrier, has made it. His television series In Gad We Trust, a scathing satire of the United States and its relationship with God, is a huge hit. He is carving out an enviable place for himself in Hollywood, the end of a long, tortuous journey for the man who fled his Gasp? Peninsula village in murky circumstances back in 1962.

Both a coming-of-age story and a historical epic, M?tis Beach is a chronicle of the great American Sixties. It recaptures the extraordinary liberation movements and social unrest that marked that era, and vividly conveys the irrepressible idealism that carried along a whole generation. It is a celebration of the supreme good that the United States hoped to achieve: the coming of everyone?s right to be free.

AUTHOR

Jacob Homel

Born, bred and raised in Montreal, Jacob Homel has translated or collaborated in the translation of a number of works, including Toqué: Creators of a Quebec Gastronomy, The Last Genêt and The Weariness of the Self. In 2012, he won the JI Segal Translation Prize for his translation of A Pinch of Time. He shares his time between Montreal and Asia.


AUTHOR

Claudine Bourbonnais

Claudine Bourbonnais has been a journalist in Montreal at Radio-Canada/CBC for over twenty years. Métis Beach is her first novel.

Reviews

? Impressive ? [A] comprehensive exploration of the large issues of the 60s.
– Booklist (starred review)

M?tis Beach is a masterful first novel.
– Winnipeg Free Press

A deftly crafted and reader riveting read from cover to cover.
– Midwest Book Review

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In America, not believing in God is anti-American, isn?t it?

At fifty years of age, Roman Carr, whose real name is Romain Carrier, has made it. His television series In Gad We Trust, a scathing satire of the United States and its relationship with God, is a huge hit. He is carving out an enviable place for himself in Hollywood, the end of a long, tortuous journey for the man who fled his Gasp? Peninsula village in murky circumstances back in 1962.

Both a coming-of-age story and a historical epic, M?tis Beach is a chronicle of the great American Sixties. It recaptures the extraordinary liberation movements and social unrest that marked that era, and vividly conveys the irrepressible idealism that carried along a whole generation. It is a celebration of the supreme good that the United States hoped to achieve: the coming of everyone?s right to be free.

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Details

Dimensions:

448 Pages
8.5in * 5.5in * 1.21in
460gr

Published:

October 29, 2016

City of Publication:

Toronto

Country of Publication:

CA

Publisher:

Dundurn Press

ISBN:

9781459733510

Book Subjects:

FICTION / Literary

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Language:

eng

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