Suzanne
La femme qui fuit
Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette (born 1979)
Translated by Rhonda Mullins
English editions
In EnglishSuzanne
Coach House Books · Canada · April 2017 · Paperback
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The narrator never knew her mother's mother and knew almost nothing about her life. Her name was Suzanne. In 1948 she was beside Borduas, Gauvreau and Riopelle when they signed the Refus global; with the painter Marcel Barbeau she started a family, but very soon she abandoned her two children for good. To trace this rebellious and revolting woman, she hired a private detective. A childhood in the mud, a flight to Montreal, the artistic frenzy of the Automatistes, wild romances in Europe, the struggles of Black movements in an angry America, jobs picking dandelions in Ontario and sorting mail in Gaspésie: painter, poet, lover and ghost, Suzanne crossed the century on her own terms.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 378 pages in the original
- Genres
- Family, Historical, Autofiction (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Canada, United States
- First published
- 2015 by Marchand de feuilles
- Author's age
- 36 when first published
- ISBN
9782923896502 (original)
9781552453476 (Coach House Books, Canada)
- More
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