Sacre Blues: An Unsentimental Journey Through Quebec
by Taras Grescoe
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Read in August, 2007
recommends it for:
people who like travelogues and or Canada
What a fun trip through Quebec! The author is an outsider (British Columbian, anglo, of eatern european heritage) but a sympathetic one. He sends up a LOT of Quebecois sacred cows (did you know that 40% of french-speaking Quebecois are of Irish descent?) and examines the peculiar Quebec style of vulgarity at hilarious length (bodily functions= ok, words relating to the church=naughty naughty!). In the end, this book is both critical and affectuonate---I think the strongest chapters are where he ...more
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Read in September, 2008
I was expecting more of a travel-log, based on Grescoe's later books. This is really a look at the culture of Quebec. It was fascinating, and interesting. I wish that I'd read it before I moved to Quebec. I did find myself nodding a few times while reading it. I didn't enjoy it as much as his more recent books, but it was still interesting to trace his development as a writer.
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Read in July, 2008
I didn't know anything about Quebec before reading this book. Now I know a lot about Quebec. Did you know that practically everyone (well, a whole lot of people, at least) in Quebec moves to a new house on July 1? It's true. Now every time I hear about something happening in Quebec, I'm going to shake my head knowingly and say, "Ah, Quebec."
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a must read for understanding our neighbors to the north and their french sub-species.
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