The Delusson Family

by Jaques Ducharme

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1939

Reviews

[Mehve Yuro · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting in a historical perspective, also linguistically as Ducharme is wont to use certain abbreviations like tho, flourishes like "rôle" with the circumflex. Unfortunately a rather dry book in its lack of conflict. The family is rarely in disagreement, and without spoiling it, there seems to be one main tribulation they all endure, but most of it is them passing time. Ducharme would later, unsurprisingly, reveal all the characters of the book correspond to real people who lived in Holyoke, and that and the attitudes it represents alone are interesting, as well as the comparison made between it and Jack Kerouac's "The Town and the City" which is said to have been structured around its characters.