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The Tale of Don L'Orignal Paperback / softback - 2004
by Antonine Maillet
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- Paperback
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- Title The Tale of Don L'Orignal
- Author Antonine Maillet
- Binding Paperback / softback
- Edition First Edition
- Condition New
- Pages 113
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Goose Lane Editions, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Date July 30, 2004
- Bookseller's Inventory # A9780864924193
- ISBN 9780864924193 / 0864924194
- Weight 0.36 lbs (0.16 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.46 x 0.36 in (21.34 x 13.87 x 0.91 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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From the rear cover
On day, a hay-covered island materializes offshore, an island populated by -- is it possible? -- fleas. Watched by the lighthouse keeper, the fleas take human form: the ruler, Don l'Orignal, with his moose-antler crown; his brave lieutenants; the doughty charwoman, spy, and rabble-rouser, La Sagouine; and all their friends and relations.
Antonine Maillet's provocative and entertaining fantasy pits the clever, uncouth Flea Islanders against the almost as clever but far more civilized villagers. The unexpected outcome holds up a mirror to comical, earthy, and poignant human nature as well as to Acadian history.
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Citations
- Quill & Quire, 01/01/2005, Page 26