La Sagouine
by Antonine Maillet
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"In La Sagouine, Maillet first gave written form to the language of Acadie, a language which, she says, has been "distorted by the climate and sharpened by the sea; by the salty air in the larynx and the obsessive beating of the waves in the cars." Her scrubwoman gave disenfranchised Acadians an authentic voice and established Maillet as a writer of international stature." "In this new translation, Wayne Grady brings out the cultural richness of La Sagouine's speech as well as the old show more scrubwoman's strength of character and irrepressible humour."--BOOK JACKET. show lessTags
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- Original publication date
- 1971 (first edition) (first edition); 1974 (second, enlarged edition) (second, enlarged edition)
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- English, French
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- 11
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- 5
