Roch Carrier: 12 books

The A List edition of one of the major achievements in recent Quebec literature — Roch Carrier’s La Guerre trilogy is a vital, moving, and assured portrait of life in Quebec. This volume includes: La Guerre, Yes Sir! A surrealist fable set in rural Quebec during WWI. Canadian Literature...

Dans cet ouvrage, Roch Carrier cherche à répondre à une question qui a hanté son adolescence : pourquoi l'Amérique du Nord n'est-elle pas française ? Pour ce faire, il explore avec un regard neuf comment ont été façonnés les deux généraux qui allaient s'affronter à Québec. Il s'attarde...

In the days of Roch’s childhood, winters in the village of Ste. Justine were long. Life centered around school, church, and the hockey rink, and every boy’s hero was Montreal Canadiens hockey legend Maurice Richard. Everyone wore Richard’s number 9. They laced their skates like Richard. They...

Dans cet ouvrage, Roch Carrier entreprend de retracer le projet français de la conquête de l'Amérique. Il parcourt les siècles comme on traverse des pays contemporains, à la manière d'un touriste curieux qui n'aura pas la prétention d'avoir tout découvert ni tout compris. Dans un contexte...

Dans le premier tome de son livre Le Fabuleux Roman d'un pays, Roch Carrier a tracé à grands traits les premiers pas de hardis Français cherchant à conquérir l'Amérique.  Dans le second tome, il brosse le portrait d'un fragile empire, victime de la désaffection de la mère patrie et en butte...

Vital, funny, moving and assured, La Guerre, Yes Sir! is a surrealist fable set in rural Quebec during WWI and one of the major achievements in Canadian fiction. Canadian Literature greeted its first appearance in these terms: It is the French-Canadian writer Roch Carrier who comes closest to the...

La Guerre Yes Sir! is the first book in a trilogy -- good news for readers who were delighted by Roch Carrier's first novel. In Floralie, Where Are You? he reaches back to the wedding night of the Corriveau parents. Once again a single night expands until it becomes a world in itself. But this time...

A rare glimpse into an artist’s mind, his toolbox, and the world of film animation The Sweater is one of the most beloved animated films of all time. Based on Roch Carrier’s short story, also known as “The Hockey Sweater,” the film recounts the most horrifying moment of the author’s...

The Hockey Sweater, the title story in this 20-story collection, has become an enduring classic: a Quebec boy and Habs fan is shipped a Toronto Maple Leafs sweater by mistake. It encapsulates everything you need to understand French and English Canada, told with humour and love.

The national bestseller that tells the story of Wolfe and Montcalm and the Plains of Abraham In September 1759, a small band of British troops led by James Wolfe scaled the tall cliff overlooking a farmer’s field owned by Abraham Martin and overpowered the French garrison that protected the...

In nineteenth-century Quebec a woman plots the murder of her husband after the death of their child. After brewing a poison, she is arrested, denounced as a witch, and in a devastating conclusion, released from her terrifying obsessions.

The Hockey Sweater, the title story in this 20-story collection, has become an enduring classic: a Quebec boy and Habs fan is shipped a Toronto Maple Leafs sweater by mistake. It encapsulates everything you need to understand French and English Canada, told with humour and love. This edition features a new introduction.