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Lädt ... Le Librairevon Gérard Bessette
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. 3.5/5 ( ) A middle-aged failed teacher in francophone Quebec who is suffering from extreme ennui, gets a job as a clerk in a bookstore. The small community of St. Joachim suffers from social pressure, Catholic priests that serve as intellectual censors, a boarding house with a sexually lonely middle-aged woman, and a bookstore owner who professes liberal ideas so long as it is in private and no one in the community knows. I thought this sounded like an interesting setup; the room of censored books, sold only to customers of discretion and taste, and the subsequent sale of a book by Voltaire to a thoughtful high school student, is an interesting premise, but the suffocating ennui of the narrator failed to generate much sympathy for the story. And maybe that is the point. Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Both touchingly comical and extremely provocative, this novel deals with ennui in Quebec and the intellectual alienation of a disenchanted hero, Hervé Jodoin. Jodoin has come to Saint Joachim to work in the town's only bookstore. The proprietor, Léon Chicoine, is a seemingly respectable man who claims to be the secret agent of free thought and liberty, keeping a collection of books for specific customers only. However, when Jodoin sells a book by a well-known, subversive author, the resulting crisis within the town involves not only Chicoine, but also the town priest and our hero's lonely landlady. This revised edition contains both English and French versions of the critical bibliography, a list of related readings, and chapter-by-chapter questions for discussion and essays. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)843.54Literature French French fiction 18th century 1715–89 Voltaire, François Marie Arouet de 1694–1778 (See 842.56)Klassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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