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Article: Le temps des Galarneau.(Brief Article)
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- World Literature Today
- Article date:
- September 22, 1994
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Although most novels by Jacques Godbout end with the protagonist at the threshold of a new life, the author has never capitalized on this tendency to write a traditional sequel until the publication of Le temps des Galarneau, the follow-up to Salut Galarneau! (1967). Twenty-five years have elapsed since Francois Galarneau devised "vecrire" as a compromise between living (vivre) and writing (ecrire). He has spent time in a mental institution to resolve issues surrounding his father's death and the end of his relationship with Marise Doucet. He has drifted from job to job but has kept his voracious appetite for reading and writing. He has finally concluded that happiness ...
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