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The postman's round : a novel / Denis Thériault ; translated by Liedewy Hawke.

by Thériault, Denis, 1959-

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Dundurn Press, c2008.

Letter carriers -- Fiction.

Haiku -- Fiction.

Montréal (Québec) -- Fiction.

9781843915362 (2008 Hesperus Nova trade pbk.)

9781550027853 (softcover)

Facteur émotif. English English

Alternate title:

Le facteur émotif.

The peculiar life of a lonely postman.

124 p. ; 22 cm.

Also published in English under the title: "The peculiar life of a lonely postman".

Translation of: Le facteur émotif.

Translated from the Canadian French.

This short novel conjures up the solitary daily life of Bilodo, a postman who shares his Montreal apartment with his goldfish, Bill. As a result of his indiscretion (the steaming open of personal correspondence), Bilodo becomes involved in an exchange of haiku between the woman of his dreams, a Guadeloupean beauty, and Gaston Grandpre, an eccentric intellectual whose mail Bilodo delivers. Around these events, Denis theriault weaves a passionate tragicomic love story full of twists and turns, but also rich in dazzling descriptions of lush, tropical landscapes and subtle evocations of the sober, precise art of the haiku. All this takes place against the prosaic background of a life deeply rooted in an unvarying routine.

French-Canadian fiction -- Translations into English.

Canadian fiction.

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