Maurice Henrie offers a collection of twenty uncensored essays in his lively style, asserting his freedom to think, express, and criticize. A book which, through its very nature, forces us to think, to form opinions, and to venture where we please and where our thoughts may take us.
From existential contemplation to scathing rants, Maurice Henrie shows his true colours like never before. In this collection of twenty literary essays, he wanders from one topic to the next in a stream of consciousness, examining at great length, and grinding down, issues he cares about deeply—philosophy, politics, history.
With audacity, temerity, and passion, the author shares his opinion on a wide range of subjects: democracy, religion, immortality, certitude and doubt, and genealogy. He takes an amused, yet accurate, look at American society. He expresses his impatience with the failures of the government’s decision-making process.
He takes an interest in the often-disastrous migration of Francophone populations in North America. He focuses on the dramatic deportation of Acadians in 1755, and the massive emigration of the Québécois to the United States from 1840 to 1930.
He pays a beautiful tribute to words themselves, and their changing role in contemporary society.
This is a whirlwind of texts … written by an author who wants to be heard, to pass his thoughts down to future generations, and to tame death.
Published in French.
Authors
- ISBN
- 9782760334922 2760334929
- Pages
- 200
- Published in
- Ottawa, CA
