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Querelle of Roberval

By Kevin Lambert
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Querelle of Roberval by Kevin Lambert explores the intense atmosphere in a Quebec sawmill town, where tensions between workers and management reach a boiling point. The narrative delves into complex themes of power, sexuality, and labour struggles through the eyes of its provocative protagonist, Querelle, who disrupts the status quo and challenges social norms. The story is a bold and poetic examination of identity, desire, and resistance in a community on the brink of transformation.
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This book may appeal to you if you enjoy bold narratives that delve into workers' struggles and the complexities of youthful rebellion. Set against a tumultuous backdrop in Quebec, it offers a raw exploration of capitalism, power dynamics, and personal identity, making it a thought-provoking read for those interested in contemporary social issues.

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Shortlisted for the 2022 Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. Longlisted for the 2024 Dublin Literary Award.

Homage to Jean Genet's antihero and a brilliant reimagining of the ancient form of tragedy, Querelle of Roberval, winner of the Marquis de Sade Prize, is a wildly imaginative story of justice, passion, and murderous revenge.

As a millworkers' strike in the northern lumber town of Roberval drags on, tensions start to escalate between the workers—but when a lockout renews their solidarity, they rally around the mysterious and magnetic influence of Querelle, a dashing newcomer from Montreal. Strapping and unabashed, likeable but callow, by day he walks the picket lines and at night moves like a mythic Adonis through the ranks of young men who flock to his apartment for sex.

As the dispute hardens and both sides refuse to yield, sand stalls the gears of the economic machine, and the tinderbox of class struggle and entitlement ignites in a firestorm of passions carnal and violent. A trenchant social drama, a tribute to Jean Genet's antihero, and a brilliant reimagining of ancient tragedy, Querelle of Roberval, winner of France's Marquis de Sade Prize, is a wildly imaginative story of justice, passion, and murderous revenge.

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Querelle of Roberval by Kevin Lambert is a provocative novel that intertwines themes of sexual politics, labour struggles, and capitalism. The book's icy, cutting prose is both unsettling and beautiful, offering a satirical exploration of socio-political tensions and intimate human desires. This bold narrative is not for the squeamish but is celebrated for its audacious, lyrical style and its ability to evoke a range of emotions from humour to tragedy.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781771963541

Publisher: Biblioasis

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 September 2022

Country: Canada

Imprint: Biblioasis

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

  • Translated by Donald Winkler

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 190.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 200

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Fiction General Fiction Kevin Lambert Literary Fiction

About the Author

Born in 1992, Kevin Lambert grew up in Chicoutimi, Quebec. May Our Joy Endure won the Prix Medicis, Prix Decembre, and Prix Ringuet, and was a finalist for the Prix Goncourt. Their second novel, Querelle de Roberval, was acclaimed in Quebec, where it was nominated for four literary prizes; in France, where it was a finalist for the Prix Medicis and Prix Le Monde and won the Prix Sade; and Canada, where it was shortlisted for the Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. Their first novel, You Will Love What You Have Killed, also widely acclaimed, won a prize for the best novel from the Saguenay region and was a finalist for Quebec's Booksellers' Prize. Lambert lives in Montreal.

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