A suspense thriller with intellectual and political overtones is presented in the form of a retrospective diary written by a Quebecois sociologist and nationalist militant imprisoned in a Berkeley jail on charges he denies.
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A suspense thriller with intellectual and political overtones is presented in the form of a retrospective diary written by a Quebecois sociologist and nationalist militant imprisoned in a Berkeley jail on charges he denies.
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Minneapolis. 1988. University Of Minnesota Press. 1st American Edition. Some Foxing to Edges, otherwise Very Good in Hardcover. No Dustjacket As Issued. 0816617090. Translated from the French by Yves Saint-Pierre. 162 pages. hardcover. keywords: Literature Translated France Canada. FROM THE PUBLISHER-Une histoire amEricaine (AN AMERICAN STORY) is a novel published in 1986 by Canadian novelist, essayist, children's writer, journalist, filmmaker and poet, Jacques Godbout. Une histoire amEricaine was one of the novels chosen for inclusion in the French version of Canada Reads, broadcast on Radio-Canada in 2004, where it was championed by union activist and professor GErald Larose. GrEgory Francœur, a brilliant professor from Quebec, leaves his family and political career behind to become the assistant to a distinguished academic in San Francisco. Because of a misunderstanding, typical of the ambiguity that has been Francœur's lot in life, he becomes involved in a dangerous case of illegal immigration. inventory #13354.