Iron Wedge/L'appel de la race (Carleton Library Series)

by Lionel Groulx, Michel Gaulin

Originally published in 1922, and set in Ottawa, this tells the story of an Anglicized French-Canadian, Jules de Lantagnac, who goes back to French roots in mid-life and in the process sacrifices his English-speaking wife and three children.

Genres: Fiction

212 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published April 15, 1986

Reviews

[Czarny Pies · Rating 1 out of 5]

The title says it all. Canon Groulx had his good sides none of which can be seen in this book which exhorts the French speaking Catholics of North America to be true to their race.

[Sophie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Roman bien de son temps. Beaucoup de longueurs, peu d'action. Les personnages sont unidimensionnels sans profondeur. Dénouements prévisibles.
Malgré tout ça, j'ai apprécié ma lecture. c'est une oeuvre qui fait du bien.
L'appel de la race est une ode à l'identité canadienne française. Un cri du coeur pour sa survie.