The Town Below takes place in St. Joseph Parish of Quebec City's Saint - Sauveur suburb. Saint - Sauveur is a parochial and provincial place where narrow piety and corruption can be found in every corner, and Denis and Lise, two adolescents in love, scandalize the town with their affair. Scheming politicians and clergymen and grasping social climbers mix with salt - of - the - earth citizens in a rough - and - tumble satiric assault on pre - Quiet Revolution Quebec mores and attitudes. The Town Below won the Prix David and the Prix de la langue fran aise. Lemelin was also awarded Guggenheim and Rockefeller fellowships. A bestseller in Quebec when it originally appeared, The Town Below has been called the ''pioneer novel of working - class Quebec'' and exploded, with great controversy, the smothering social and religious strictures prevalent among postwar Qu b cois. The novel was first published in English by Reynal & Hitchcock in 1948.

Town Below

Literature & Fiction

Lemelin, Roger

World Literature

New Canadian Library

Plouffe Family (New Canadian Library)

Bingo, lutte, vols de pommes, messes, clubs politiques, jeunes amours, loteries de poules… La vie est trépidante au pied de la Pente douce! Elle y est plus vibrante que partout. Pourtant, Denis Boucher, qui a d’autres aspirations et d’autres ambitions, veut quitter son quartier. Quand s’ouvre le roman, deux clans se livrent la guerre: les Soyeux (les parvenus) et les Mulots (qui n’ont pas encore connu le succès). Un Mulot prépare sa vengeance: il veut faire éclater un pétard sous le banc d’un Soyeux durant la messe dominicale…

Au pied de la pente douce: Roman (Collection Nos classiques) (French Edition)

LA PRESSE

The Town Below changed the face of Québécois literature. 
The Town Below takes place in St. Joseph Parish of Quebec City’s Saint-Sauveur suburb. Saint-Sauveur is a parochial and provincial place where narrow piety and corruption can be found in every corner, and Denis and Lise, two adolescents in love, scandalize the town with their affair. Scheming politicians and clergymen and grasping social climbers mix with salt-of-the-earth citizens in a rough-and-tumble satiric assault on pre-Quiet Revolution Quebec mores and attitudes.
The Town Below won the Prix David and the Prix de la langue française. Lemelin was also awarded Guggenheim and Rockefeller fellowships. A bestseller in Quebec when it originally appeared, The Town Below has been called the "pioneer novel of working-class Quebec" and exploded, with great controversy, the smothering social and religious strictures prevalent among postwar Québécois. The novel was first published in English by Reynal &amp; Hitchcock in 1948.

The Town Below (Voyageur Classics, 22)

Humor & Satire

Dundurn Press

Autopsie d'un fumeur (French Edition)

Stanké

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