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The premise is deceptively simple: a dirt-poor charwoman and former prostitute leans on her mop and tells her life story. But what a story! As she reminisces and rants, telling stories about herself, her friends and neighbours, the priest and his church, and every other aspect of life in her village, she is actually telling the story of Acadie.
More than 25 years after its first publication in English, La Saguoine is available once again, this time in a new translation. Wayne Grady, one of Canada's most distinguished translators, faithfully recreates Acadian speech for an English readership in this new edition, bringing out the cultural richness of the language as well as La Saguoine's strength of character and irrepressible humour.
La Saguoine launched the careers of both Antonine Maillet and the actress Viola Léger. with sales of over 100,000 copies, it brought the existence of Acadian literature to a wide and admiring audience. This new edition will introduce it once again to a new generation of English readers.
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La Sagouine, the legendary scrubwoman, leans on her mop and lets fly the fearless caricatures, the complaints to man and God, and the tender passion for land, sea, and family that have made her a cultural icon.
About the Author
Antonine Maillet. "The Fine Christmas of Ti-Louis," Chapter Three of The Devil is Loose, Philip Stratford's translation of Antonine Maillet's novel Crache à Pic, appears here by permission of Key Porter Books. Philip Stratford, a Senneville, Quebec, poet and translator, has also translated Pélagie-la-Charette and several stories by Antonine Maillet.
Wayne Grady is one of Canada's premiere literary translators. He has also translated fourteen works of fiction from the French, by authors such as Antonine Maillet, Yves Beauchemin, and Danny Laferrière. He won the Govenor General's Award for his translation of Maillet's On the Eighth Day, a book available from Goose Lane Editions.
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- PublisherGoose Lane Editions
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0864924151
- ISBN 13 9780864924155
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages142
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