Autumn Rounds
Published on 30. November 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
198 pages
978-1-953861-06-1 (ISBN)
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A heartfelt masterpiece about the joys of travel, reading, and companionship.
In rural Canada, dotted along the coast of a vast mauve river, live villagers of different stripes: a recently divorced hydroplane pilot, a factory-worker who closely resembles her fisherman husband, a probing motorcyclist with a pet St. Bernard, a pair of beautiful blonde joggers, and other curious characters.
For all their differences, each is brought together by a soft-spoken man, referred to only as “the Driver,” who travels up and down the coast each season, delivering books to areas not served by libraries and listening closely to the villager’s tales and to their woes.
This summer tour is bound to be different than all the rest. The Driver has made friends with a traveling band of musicians, jugglers, artists, and acrobats who decide to come along for a ride that the Driver has privately decided will be his last.
Jacques Poulin’s compassionate prose delves into the hidden pains of aging and loss without losing sight of the tremendous joy that can be found in making the world a little more livable for other people.
In rural Canada, dotted along the coast of a vast mauve river, live villagers of different stripes: a recently divorced hydroplane pilot, a factory-worker who closely resembles her fisherman husband, a probing motorcyclist with a pet St. Bernard, a pair of beautiful blonde joggers, and other curious characters.
For all their differences, each is brought together by a soft-spoken man, referred to only as “the Driver,” who travels up and down the coast each season, delivering books to areas not served by libraries and listening closely to the villager’s tales and to their woes.
This summer tour is bound to be different than all the rest. The Driver has made friends with a traveling band of musicians, jugglers, artists, and acrobats who decide to come along for a ride that the Driver has privately decided will be his last.
Jacques Poulin’s compassionate prose delves into the hidden pains of aging and loss without losing sight of the tremendous joy that can be found in making the world a little more livable for other people.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 163 mm
Width: 137 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
204 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-953861-06-1 (9781953861061)
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Born in Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce, Jacques Poulin is the author of fourteen novels. Among his many honors are the Governor General's Award, the Molson Prize in the Arts, the Gilles-Corbeil Prize, and the France-Québec Prize. His novels Mister Blue, Translation is a Love Affair, and Spring Tides have been published by Archipelago books. He lives in Québec City.
Sheila Fischman has published more than 125 translations of contemporary French-Canadian works. Fischman was named to the Order of Canada in 2002 and to the Ordre national du Québec in 2008; in the same year, she received the Molson Prize in the Arts.
Sheila Fischman has published more than 125 translations of contemporary French-Canadian works. Fischman was named to the Order of Canada in 2002 and to the Ordre national du Québec in 2008; in the same year, she received the Molson Prize in the Arts.