The novel Volkswagen Blues is a novel that was written by Jacques Poulin. It was originally published in French in , and was translated into English in The novel was well acclaimed, being nominated for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction in and being one of the selected novels in the edition of Canada bltadwin.ru: Jacques Poulin. Overview. Jacques Poulin’s Volkswagen Blues is a road-trip novel in the tradition of Jack Kerouac’s masterpiece, On the bltadwin.rually published in French in , it chronicles the North American journey of Jack Waterman, a francophone writer from Quebec City, and a young woman of French and Native American ancestry named La Grande Sauterelle. Jacques Poulin is the author of Volkswagen Blues ( avg rating, ratings, reviews, published ), Les Grandes Marées ( avg rating, r /5.
Canadian author Jacques Poulin's road novel Volkswagen Blues 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. "Jacques Poulin is one of the finest and most underrated novelists in Quebec. Volkswagen Blues confirms his calibre as a writer, and may give him the reputation he deserves. " "Shares a mix of detached humour, fantasy and compassion with Vonnegut and Salinger. Volkswagen Blues is a French-language novel by French-Canadian writer Jacques Poulin, his sixth, which was originally published by Québec-Amérique in and was re-issued by Babel in Volkswagen Blues was translated into English by Sheila Fischman and published by McClelland Stewart in and subsequently re-issued by Cormorant Books in
Volkswagen Blues is pleasant, enjoyable story that is very reminiscent of On The Road by Jack Kerouac. The story begins in Quebec with a single (but not lonely) man who picks up a hitchhiker, after which the two of them begin a long journey in search of the man's long-lost brother. The novel Volkswagen Blues is a novel that was written by Jacques Poulin. It was originally published in French in , and was translated into English in Overview. Jacques Poulin’s Volkswagen Blues is a road-trip novel in the tradition of Jack Kerouac’s masterpiece, On the Road. Originally published in French in , it chronicles the North American journey of Jack Waterman, a francophone writer from Quebec City, and a young woman of French and Native American ancestry named La Grande Sauterelle. They are both on a quest of self-discovery, but their expedition from Quebec to San Francisco is also an allegory for Quebec’s struggles to.
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