{"id":150,"date":"2017-05-03T14:48:09","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T18:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/donsmith\/?page_id=150"},"modified":"2026-03-18T05:25:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T09:25:46","slug":"voices-of-deliverance","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/donsmith\/voices-of-deliverance\/","title":{"rendered":"Voices of Deliverance, interviews with Quebec and Acadian writers, Donald Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Voices of Deliverance\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>VOICES OF DELIVERANCE : fourteen interviews with major writers which explore the range and vitality of the imaginative work now coming out of Quebec and Acadia. Donald Smith, professor of French at Carleton and author of several books on Quebec literature and French, talks about language, politics, personal biography, and the creative process in stimulating discussions with the leading voices of modern French Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Included are :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jean Barbeau &#8212; Gilbert La Rocque<br>\nG\u00e9rard Bessette &#8212; Antonine Maillet<br>\nMarie-Claire Blais &#8212; Pierre Morency<br>\nJacques Ferron &#8212; F\u00e9lix-Antoine Savard<br>\nJacques Godbout &#8212; Yves Th\u00e9riault<br>\nAnne H\u00e9bert &#8212; Adrien Th\u00e9rio<br>\nGatien Lapointe &#8212; Michel Tremblay<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Originally published in French, VOICES OF DELIVERANCE, in translation by Larry Shouldice,<br>\nis a valuable introduction to an exciting literary culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8221; A delight, and essential reading for anyone interested in French Canada.&#8221; (<em>Books in Canada<\/em>, Toronto)<br>\n&#8221; An essential book for teachers, students, and the public at large. &#8221; (<em>Le Droit<\/em>, Ottawa)<br>\n&#8221; Illuminating and full of insight. It reads like a novel.&#8221; (<em>Qu\u00e9bec fran\u00e7ais<\/em>, Montr\u00e9al)<br>\n&#8221; I invite everyone interested in the authors of Qu\u00e9bec and Acadia to read this book.&#8221; (<em>Nos livres<\/em>, Montr\u00e9al)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>House of Anansi Press<br>\n34 Lesmill Road<br>\nToronto, Ont.<br>\nCanada<br>\nM3B 2T6 ISBN O-88784-148-1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/donsmith\/voices-of-deliverance-critical-reaction\/\">Click here<\/a> for critical reaction. <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/donsmith\/voices-of-deliverance-critical-reaction\/\">Cliquer ici<\/a> pour l&#8217;accueil critique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VOICES OF DELIVERANCE : fourteen interviews with major writers which explore the range and vitality of the imaginative work now coming out of Quebec and Acadia. 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