A Little Margaret Atwood

After reading a short story of Margaret Atwood's entitled Death by Landscape in my popular Canadian literature class last semester I was itching to read some more. I started by requesting Wilderness Tips from the library, the collection of short stories in which Death by Landscape can be found. While patiently awaiting its arrival at my local branch I took a trip to see what was on the shelf, low and behold I stumbled upon The Labrador Fiasco and Good Bones and Simple Murders. Needless to say I was sufficiently occupied until my request was ready to be picked up.

October through to the New Year

Clearly I was so busy reading this fall that I did not have time to write about any of the amazing books I read! So now that I have the time here I go on a whirlwind book describing spree, wheeee!

Sainte-Carmen of the Main

After reading several short stories and a few novels it was time to delve into the world of Canadian plays. For this class I read Sainte-Carmen of the Main by Michel Tremblay, originally written and performed in joual the language of the people of the Main (a form of French). Michel Tremblay is well known for writing French separatist fables in order to give a voice to the suppressed people of Quebec prior to French becoming Canada's second official language and the Parti Québécois forming or coming into power.