Translating Montreal
Author | : Sherry Simon |
Publisher | : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0773577025 |
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The divided Montreal of the 1960s is very different from today's cosmopolitan, hybrid city. Taking the perspective of a walker moving through a fluid landscape of neighbourhoods and eras, Sherry Simon experiences Montreal as a voyage across languages. Sketching out literary passages from the then of the colonial city to the now of the cosmopolitan Montreal, she traces a history of crossings and intersections around the familiar sites and symbols of the city - the mythical boulevard Saint-Laurent, Mile End, the Jacques-Cartier Bridge, Mont-Royal.