The A List edition of one of the major achievements in recent Quebec
literature -- Roch Carrier's La Guerre trilogy is a vital, moving, and
assured portrait of life in Quebec.
This volume includes:
La Guerre, Yes Sir! A surrealist fable set in rural Quebec during WWI.
Canadian Literature greeted its first appearance in these terms: "It is
the French-Canadian writer Roch Carrier who comes closest to the
significance, power, and artistry of Faulkner at his best ... He might
well be able to do for French Canada what Faulkner did for the American
South."
Floralie, Where Are You? In the second installment, Carrier reaches
back to the wedding night of the Corriveau parents, whom we first meet
in La Guerre, Yes Sir!. Once again, a single night expands until it
becomes a world in itself. But this time it is a very different
concoction, mingling desire and guilt, nightmare and fantasy, as Anthymo
drives Floralie back to his village through the forest.
Is It the Sun, Philibert? In the final installment, Young Philibert
hitchhikes down to Montreal to make his fortune, and meets a different
world. As he scrambles from job to job, he discovers a new Quebec --
urban, industrial, and dedicated finally to the death of the person.
In this moving trilogy, Roch Carrier's savage vision comes across with
great urgency and Sheila Fischman's fluid translations sing with
vivacity and grace.
