
Title:
Para Bellum : roman
Author:
Publication Date:
2024
Publication Information:
[Montréal] : Tête première, [2024]
©2024.
Physical Description:
182 pages ; 21 cm.
ISBN:
9782925035930
Abstract:
Montreal, 1937. A desolate winter, almost snowless and fraught with threats. Stan lives alone with his younger sister Thérèse and tries to make his way in a world that is teetering on the edge of modernity. Crossing his path is the leader of the Christian National Social party Adrien Arcand, frantic anti-Semitic and anti-communist conspirators as well as an unscrupulous agent of the Mounted Police, he decides to take his destiny in hand. But, vacillating between the advice of his old anarchist mentor, the promises of a fanciful painter and the constraints of a double game in which he has locked himself, he will quickly see that trying to act on the course of the the story is not without risks. While the showers of March will bury the city under a heavy white coat, the storm will be unleashed.
"Montréal, 1937. Un hiver désolant, presque sans neige et lourd de menaces. Stan vit seul avec sa jeune sœur Thérèse et tente de tracer son chemin dans un monde qui balbutie aux portes de la modernité. Croisant sur sa route le chef du parti National-Social chrétien Adrien Arcand, des complotistes antisémites et anticommunistes forcenés ainsi qu'un agent sans scrupules de la Police montée, il décide de prendre sa destinée en main. Mais, à louvoyer entre les conseils de son vieux mentor anarchiste, les promesses d'une peintre fantasque et les contraintes d'un double-jeu dans lequel il s'est enfermé, il constatera rapidement que tenter d'agir sur le cours de l'histoire n'est pas sans risques. Tandis que les giboulées de mars enseveliront la ville sous un lourd manteau blanc, la tempête va se déchaîner."-- Publisher's website.
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Language:
French