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The angel's jig / Daniel Poliquin ; translated by Wayne Grady.

by Poliquin, Daniel.

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Goose Lane Editions, 2016.

Older men -- Fiction.

Auctions -- Fiction.

Resilience (Personality trait) -- Fiction.

Orphans -- Fiction.

Mutism -- Fiction.

Indentured servants -- Fiction.

New Brunswick -- Fiction.

9780864928672 (trade pbk.)

086492867X (trade pbk.)

Vol de l'ange. English

283 p. ; 21 cm.

Translated from the French.

"Facing the dwindling years of his life, an old man waits for his turn on the auction block, hoping to be sold to a family as decent as the one he is leaving. It is not the first time he has been here, and it may not be the last. Mute in life but loquacious on the page, the old man tells the colourful story of his rootless life. Abandoned by his family and first auctioned off at the age of seven--'Ladies and gentlemen, this boy may not be a rare gem, but he is certainly worth a look'--he moves from one farm to another, taking comfort from the people around him. Daniel Poliquin's picaresque novel revisits an all-but-forgotten era, when orphaned children and the elderly poor were auctioned into a form of indentured servitude. Narrated through the eyes and ears of an unforgettable protagonist, The Angel's Jig is a joyous meditation on identity and the unpredictable voyage of existence."--From publisher.

Historical fiction.

Canadian fiction.

French-Canadian fiction -- Translations into English.

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