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Not for Every Eye
Gérard Bessette
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Description for Not for Every Eye
Paperback. Translator(s): Shortliffe, Glen. Series: Exile Classics. Num Pages: 111 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 159.
Both touchingly comical and extremely provocative, this novel deals with ennui in Quebec and the intellectual alienation of a disenchanted hero, Hervé Jodoin. Jodoin has come to Saint Joachim to work in the town’s only bookstore. The proprietor, Léon Chicoine, is a seemingly respectable man who claims to be the secret agent of free thought and liberty, keeping a collection of books for specific customers only. However, when Jodoin sells a book by a well-known, subversive author, the resulting crisis within the town involves not only Chicoine, but also the town priest and our hero’s lonely landlady. This revised edition contains ... Read more
Both touchingly comical and extremely provocative, this novel deals with ennui in Quebec and the intellectual alienation of a disenchanted hero, Hervé Jodoin. Jodoin has come to Saint Joachim to work in the town’s only bookstore. The proprietor, Léon Chicoine, is a seemingly respectable man who claims to be the secret agent of free thought and liberty, keeping a collection of books for specific customers only. However, when Jodoin sells a book by a well-known, subversive author, the resulting crisis within the town involves not only Chicoine, but also the town priest and our hero’s lonely landlady. This revised edition contains ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Exile Editions
Condition
New
Series
Exile Classics
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Toronto, ON, Canada
ISBN
9781550961492
SKU
V9781550961492
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Ref
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About Gérard Bessette
Gérard Bessette was a noted French Canadian author and a former professor at the Royal Military College and Queen’s University in Canada. His work includes the award-winning The Cycle and Incubation. He was the recipient of the Governor General’s Award and the Prix David. Steven Urquhart is a translator, the executor of the Gérard Bessette estate, and an associate professor at the ... Read more
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