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Volkswagen Blues

Name: Volkswagen Blues
Author: Jacques Poulin
ISBN: 9781770860681

by Jacques Poulin, Sheila Fischman (Translator)

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Overview

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 the Author, Jacques Poulin

Jacques Poulin is the author of many novels, most of which have been translated into English by Sheila Fischman. In late spring of 2001, he was honoured with the Molson Prize by The Canada Council for the Arts. After spending several years in Paris, France, Poulin now lives and writes in Quebec City.

Sheila Fischman is one of Canada’s premier translators. She has translated over 125 books and for her work was awarded the Molson Prize in 2008. In 2007, her translation of Jacques Poulin’s novel <em>My Sister’s Blue Eyes</em> was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Translation, and in 2006, her translation of Pascale Quiviger’s novel <em>The Perfect Circle</em> was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.