Camille Bouchard is a friend. But this is not because he is a friend that I talk about her book. That's because his novel blew me away. Blown away in the same direction as thrown to the ground. Surprised. Amazed. Amazed. I spoke recently to Divine Temptations, Radio-Canada. After completing
A massacre beautiful, no other play does made me feel. And the hero of this book, Como Mulot, squatting in my head. I wanted to know what became of this young man, after the novel ...
When a character we have in mind in this way, when you do not want to read another book because they want to stay a little longer in the author's world, we know that read a good book. You know you read a book you will not forget and we will want to read to his friends, neighbors, cousins, etc..
Roman history between 1562 and 1565, a massacre beautiful describes three attempts at colonization of Florida by the French. In this true story, real characters rub shoulders with fictional characters. Presenting both the history with large H and a lot of stories with the small H, this book is full of various adventures: disasters at sea, shipwrecks, massacres, etc..
In this large colorful mural, Camille Bouchard offers a fascinating account of the time, customs and costumes. With tons of bonus details. If it feels good to be there. To achieve this level of detail, Camille had to spend hundreds of hours in the archives to gather information.
At the heart of the story lies Como Mulot, a young man who was first a sailor, then assistant to the painter picture book of the colony. Respects Aboriginal Como hate the way his countrymen despise and exploit "natural." Como focuses on a young Floridian, Myanna, which entitles us to a beautiful love story, described with great intensity and a sublime delicacy.
The originality of this novel: the language. Camille Bouchard made the bold decision to write in the way of Old French, with verb tenses, vocabulary and expressions of the time. At first, it is a little destabilized, but the pictures are so cool, of such originality, that we can being seduced.
The first 60 pages of the novel requires some effort from the player, because in addition to the unusual style, the author portrays the historical context and presents all the characters. But beware, once hooked, it no longer wants to Lift the handset. At the risk of spending a sleepless night ...
he is all a gift, what Camille Bouchard, to give rhythm to his narrative falls punchées chapters, full-bodied plot, alternating humor and drama . Add to that strong characters, and the emotion in a good amount and you have an epic exciting. This historical novel high range should be part of the essential books of the year.
A massacre beautiful, Camille Bouchard, Hurtubise HMH, 464 pages.
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