La Sagouine

Antonine Maillet author Wayne Grady translator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Goose Lane Editions

Published:17th Nov '15

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

La Sagouine cover

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 30 years after its first publication in English, and five years since Wayne Grady completed this new translation, La Sagouine is available in this new, updated edition. Faithfully interpreting Antonine Maillet's distinctive text, Wayne Grady brings out the cultural richness of the language as well as La Sagouine's strength of character and irrepressible humour.

La Sagouine 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.

ISBN: 9780864928689

Dimensions: 203mm x 127mm x 9mm

Weight: 196g

142 pages