by Jean Vautrin · Grasset · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782246407119
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«Un grand pas vers le bon Dieu» is the adventure novel by Jean Vautrin, published by Grasset in paperback (440 pages, in French).
Set in Cajun Louisiana, the saga follows three generations of free and excessive characters: pioneers, outlaws and harpooners. From Edius Raquin to his grandson Jim, a child abandoned in New Orleans who will embody the birth of ragtime and blues, Vautrin tells the story in the flavorful French of the Cajuns.
Published in 1989, the work won that same year the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens.
For readers of extensive family sagas and those interested in the history of Louisiana and the origins of jazz.
Jean Vautrin, real name Jean Herman, was a French writer, filmmaker and film critic.
