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Highlights
- For Sure is among other things a labyrinth, a maze, an exploration of the folly of numbers, a repository, a defense and an illustration of the Chiac language.
- Governor General's Literary Awards (Translation) 2013 3rd Winner
- About the Author: France Daigle: France Daigle is the author of eleven novels, including Real Life, 1953, A Fine Passage, Life's Little Difficulties, and Just Fine, which won the France Acadie Prize, the Prix Éloize, and the Prix Antonnie-Maillet-Acadie Vie.
- 752 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
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About the Book
"For Sure" is among other things a labyrinth, a maze, an exploration of the folly of numbers, a repository, a defense and an illustration of the Chiac language. Written in dazzling prose -- which is occasionally interrupted by surprising bits of information, biography, and definitions that appear on the page -- Daigle perfectly captures the essence of a place and offers us a reflection on minority cultures and their obsession with language.It is also the continuing story of Terry and Carmen, familiar to us from previous works, their children Etienne and Marianne, and all those who gravitate around the Babar, the local bar in Moncton -- the Zablonskis, Zed, Pomme -- artists and ordinary people who question their place in the world from a distinct point of view that is informed by their geography, and by their history, politics, and culture.
Masterfully translated from French by award-winning translator Robert Majzels, "For Sure" is the moving story of a family and a surprising, staggeringly original work that represents a corner of our country.
Book Synopsis
For Sure is among other things a labyrinth, a maze, an exploration of the folly of numbers, a repository, a defense and an illustration of the Chiac language. Written in dazzling prose -- which is occasionally interrupted by surprising bits of information, biography, and definitions that appear on the page -- Daigle perfectly captures the essence of a place and offers us a reflection on minority cultures and their obsession with language.
It is also the continuing story of Terry and Carmen, familiar to us from previous works, their children Etienne and Marianne, and all those who gravitate around the Babar, the local bar in Moncton -- the Zablonskis, Zed, Pomme -- artists and ordinary people who question their place in the world from a distinct point of view that is informed by their geography, and by their history, politics, and culture.
Masterfully translated from French by award-winning translator Robert Majzels, For Sure is the moving story of a family and a surprising, staggeringly original work that represents a corner of our country.
Review Quotes
Daigle has written about contemporary New Brunswick like it never has been done before. Although her concerns lie in the past, the history of speech itself, she is not telling a story about our past as a metaphor for today. No, Daigle is embracing today to reveal what has happened and what may become.--Mike Landry "Telegraph Journal Salon Magazine"
About the Author
France Daigle: France Daigle is the author of eleven novels, including Real Life, 1953, A Fine Passage, Life's Little Difficulties, and Just Fine, which won the France Acadie Prize, the Prix Éloize, and the Prix Antonnie-Maillet-Acadie Vie. She lives in Moncton New Brunswick.Robert Majzels: Robert Majzels is a novelist, poet, playwright, and translator. He won the Governor General's Literary Award for French to English translation for Just Fine, from the French Pas Pire, by France Daigle (2000). Robert lives in Calgary.