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Loading... A Season in the Life of Emmanuelby Marie-Claire Blais
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Just started this last night (Dec. 6, 2009). Wonderful glimpse into poor, rural post-war family life. Emmanuel is the 16th child, whose mother gives birth in the morning, then goes to work on the farm all day. This book is a sad and disturbing story of a large Quebec family's struggle to survive. As one critic stated "..it is not a pleasant novel." But I found its poeticness and bleakness quite riveting. Some say that certain nuances and meanings got lost in the translation from the French language, but I think the English translation is a very good read . The first novel I've read in French since high school. I think I got all the plot points, but then again.... were the two boys in an incestuous relationship, or being abused by the priest? Was the former nun cooking and washing dishes in a brothel or selling sex in a brothel? I'm sure none of that is truely key to understanding Blais' criticism of Quebecois society! (Kidding.) no reviews | add a review
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