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Volkswagen Blues
by Jacques Poulin
Translated by Sheila Fischman
Novel
ISBN:
978-1-89651-42-3
208 pages
Trade Paper
5.5" X 8.5"
$19.95
222 pages
Classic Reprint Series
BISAC Codes
FIC019000
Fiction/Literary
Volkswagen Blues
by Jacques Poulin
Translated by Sheila Fischman
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A 2005 Canada Reads Selection
In this classic road novel, Jacques Poulin tells the story of a man in search of his brother. The geographical journey — through Detroit, into Chicago, on to St. Louis, along the Oregon Trail and into California — becomes a metaphor for the exploration of the history of the French in North America.
About Jacques Poulin.
About Sheila Fischman.
| Reviews: |
| "Jacques
Poulin is one of the finest and most underrated novelists in Quebec.
Volkswagen Blues confirms his calibre as a writer, and may give
him the reputation he deserves." — The Globe & Mail "Shares a mix of detached humour, fantasy and compassion with Vonnegut and Salinger." — Saskatoon Star-Phoenix "A wonderfully lively and entertaining trip... this book is full of incidental pleasures, odd characters, bizarre incidents, moments of poetry — some of them very comic — that spring as much from the author's own generosity of spirit as from the richness of things. This is a splendid book." — The Toronto Star |
| Classic Reprint Series: |
| Volkswagen
Blues is part of Cormorant's classic reprint line. These
editions feature updated cover art, a more streamlined text design
and a reduced list price. Other titles currently available in this
format include: Lives of the Saints Tyler's Cape A Casual Brutality |
