Memoir
Of Jesuits and Bohemians
- Publisher
- Véhicule Press, “Dossier Québec” series
- Published
- May 1, 2014
- Pages
- 160
- Price
- $18.00
- ISBN
- 9781550653762
- Language
- English
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The team behind the book
- Translation
- Donald Winkler
Jean-Claude Germain’s second volume of Montreal memoirs chronicles his coming of age: his draconian Jesuit education on the fringes of the city’s Red Light District, followed by his liberating discovery of the city’s fevered bohemian community in the dying days of the Duplessis regime and Quebec’s “grande noirceur.” Here, on the cusp between two worlds, we meet fire-breathing clerics intent on putting the fear of God into young souls, and writers, painters, theatre directors and performers, determined at all costs, and at great sacrifice, to transform the society in which they live. It is this creative ferment that instils in the young Jean-Claude a passion for and a belief in artistic endeavour that will sustain him through all the years that lie in wait.
Reviews
“Germain writes with the flair of the raconteur, the boulevardier. This slim, anecdotal, richly detailed, joyfully irreverent volume creates a vivid pastiche.” –Gisèle M. Baxter, Canadian LIterature
Description from the publisher Véhicule Press, seen in October 2026 · Source ↗
Also by Jean-Claude Germain
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Nous étions le Nouveau Monde - Tome 3 Jean-Claude Germain
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Sur le chemin de la Roche percée Jean-Claude Germain
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Rue Fabre Jean-Claude Germain
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Nous étions le Nouveau Monde - Tome 2 Jean-Claude Germain
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La femme nue habillait la nuit Jean-Claude Germain
From Véhicule Press
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We Drove All Day for This Bruce Taylor
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Qaf’s People Sadiqa de Meijer
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My Summer Vacation Zeenat Nagree
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Cannibal Rats Richard Greene
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Morgan’s Castle Jan Hilliard
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How to Move On Joel Yanofsky
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Private Number David Homel
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Fan Mail Jason Guriel
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The Inferno Dante Alighieri
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Quietly, Loving Everyone Curtis John McRae
