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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Blais, Marie-Claire, 1939-     Subjects     Catholics -- Fiction.     Catholic youth -- Fiction.     Rural families -- Fiction.     Poor families -- Fiction.     Québec (Province) -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Blais, Marie-Claire, 1939-       by title:      A season in the life...      Une saison dans la v...       by call number:      FICTION BLA     Search the Web     Blais, Marie-Claire, 1939-     Catholics -- Fiction.     Catholic youth -- Fiction.     Rural families -- Fiction.     Poor families -- Fiction.     Québec (Province) -- Fiction.       MARC Display

A season in the life of Emmanuel / by Marie-Claire Blais ; translated from the French by Derek Coltman ; introduction by Edmund Wilson. by Blais, Marie-Claire, 1939- Ferrar, Straus and Giroux, 1966. Call #: FICTION BLA Subjects Catholics -- Fiction.   Catholic youth -- Fiction.   Rural families -- Fiction.   Poor families -- Fiction.   Québec (Province) -- Fiction. ISBN:  9780771098802 (1992 M&S pbk.) 9781550961188 (2007 Exile Editions trade pbk.) Uniform title:  Une saison dans la vie d'Emmanuel. English English Description:  ix, 145 p. ; 21 cm. Notes:  Translation of: Une saison dans la vie d'Emmanuel. Translated from the Canadian French. Summary:  Following the life of newborn infant, Emmanuel, this great contemporary novel of Quebec exposes a painful history central to the new consciousness that emerged in the 1960s known as 'the quiet revolution.' The story of Emmanuel and his 15 brothers and sisters spotlights the grinding poverty under the mental regime of the Catholic Church at its least enlightened and most inescapable. This insightful narrative documents the hardships and cruelties of their social condition with dark humor and passionate imagination as they endeavor to survive harsh schools, dreary convents, and hunger. Genre:  Canadian fiction. French-Canadian fiction -- Translations into English. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Home Delivery - HN Adult Fiction FICTION BLA Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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