Résumé
Émile Claudel is no ordinary child. Only months after his birth, following the liberation of France in 1945, he can already chatter away in several languages, much to his mother’s frustration. Nicknamed the Little Fox for his appearance, Émile is born into a loveless home, where patience is in short supply. Abandoned by his family, he struggles to find a place in society. This deftly written coming-of-age novel follows Émile on his journey toward adulthood, as his country moves away from austere conservatism and embraces the counterculture of the 1960s.Reviws:“An intriguing, masterful novel, [The Little Fox of Mayerville] shines.” (Les Libraires)“A skillful blend of emotion, hijinks, and adventure, all delivered in lively, imaginative language.” (Marie-Michèle Giguère, Lettres québécoises)“The polished prose keeps readers on their toes right to the end.” (Mario Cloutier, La PresseExcerpt“On the back of an old, yellowed receipt, I drew up a list of the men in the village who might have been my father. Beside each name, I gave them a score from one to ten. Ten points meant they were the man on whom all hopes were pinned, the man who stood the best chance of being my father. One day my mother found the list under my mattress and threw it away.”
Auteur
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Originally from Ireland, Peter McCambridge holds a BA in modern languages from Cambridge University, England, and has lived in Quebec City since 2003. He runs Québec Reads and now QC Fiction. Life in the Court of Matane was the first novel he chose for this collection and the book that made him want to become a literary translator in the first place. His translation of the first chapter won the 2012 John Dryden Translation Prize.
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Éric Mathieu est linguiste et écrivain. Les suicidés d’Eau-Claire, son premier roman publié à La Mèche, a été finaliste au Prix littéraire Trillium en 2017 ainsi qu’au prix littéraire Le Droit, et a obtenu le prix littéraire Émergence de l’Association des auteur-e-s de l’Ontario français. Son second roman, Le goupil (La Mèche, 2018) a été finaliste au prix littéraire de la ville d’Ottawa et au prix français Erckmann-Chatrian. Son dernier roman Dans la solitude du terminal 3 a paru en 2021. Éric a également publié un roman jeunesse (L’Interligne), intitulé Capitaine Boudu et les enfants de la Cédille, pour lequel il a reçu le Prix Trillium du livre d’enfant en 2021.
Caractéristiques
Publication : 17 septembre 2019
Support(s) : Livre numérique eBook [ePub], Livre numérique eBook [PDF]
Protection(s) : Marquage social (ePub), Marquage social (PDF)
Taille(s) : 881 ko (ePub), 2,04 Mo (PDF)
EAN13 Livre numérique eBook [ePub] : 9781771861977
EAN13 Livre numérique eBook [PDF] : 9781771861984
EAN13 (papier) : 9781771861960
