Vanishing Villages: Tales from the CountrysideDepicts the life and livelihood of Quebec peasants in the days - before their villages vanished. This book chronicles its downfall and writes ironically of those who cling to it. It includes stories that prefigure the great exodus to the city and the birth of modern Quebec, as it changed from a rural society to an urban one. |
Contents
A Visit to the Hermit | 19 |
How a Song Was Born | 30 |
Fanfan | 39 |
Everything is Relative | 51 |
Immutable Villages | 79 |
The End of a Farmer | 88 |
The Business of Turkeys | 111 |
Ferment in the Trough | 121 |
The Destiny of a Local Hero | 132 |
Last Rites | 169 |
A Fishing Village | 176 |
The Shadow of Death | 185 |
The Watch | 193 |
At the Johnson Womans Inn | 200 |
Common terms and phrases
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