Forest

"This poignant novel, originally published in French in 1935, is a lyrical evocation of the beauty, the harshness, and the tragedy of pioneering life. Based on the author's own experience of homesteading in northern Alberta at the beginning of the twentieth century, the novel tells the story of a young couple from France, who come to the West filled with naive optimism and romantic hope. Like Adam and Eve they end up being driven from their garden of paradise into a world of death and defeat.

Summary

In this tale of a young French couple's struggle to survive as settlers in a seemingly hostile wilderness, Bugnet reveals an acute awareness of nature and presents it with great force and originality.

Product details

• Authors: Georges Bugnet
• Assisted by: David Carpenter (Translation)
• Publisher: Les Presses de l'Universite d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.1976
• EAN: 9780887722288
• ISBN: 978-0-88772-228-8
• No. of pages: 172
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 222 g
• Series: French Writers of Canada; French Writers of Canada
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature