by Antonine Maillet · Grasset · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782246082040
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«Pélagie-la-Charrette» is the historical novel by Antonine Maillet, published by Grasset in paperback (322 pages, in French).
The narrative follows Pélagie, an Acadian widow deported by the English in 1755, who gathers her children and other exiles to return to Acadia. Her odyssey lasts ten years: from Charleston to Baltimore, with encounters with the Iroquois, the American independence, the hostility of Boston and a harsh winter, until reaching her promised land.
The work was originally published in 1979 and won the Prix Goncourt that year; this 2002 edition belongs to the Les Cahiers Rouges collection.
For those who appreciate Canadian literature and historical novels with an epic and humorous tone.
Antonine Maillet was an Acadian novelist, playwright and scholar.
