内容简介
FirstpublishedinQuebecin1981，Beauchemin’shighlyacclaimedcomicmasterpieceofstorytellingfollowsinthetraditionofthegreatnovelsofthe19thcentury.WhenFlorentBoissonneaultcomestotheaidofanaccidentvictim，hislifechangesforever.Oneonlooker，thepowerfulandsinisterEgonRatablavasky，comestohaunthisambitionsanddreams，lurkingbehindhiseveryopportunity，success，andfailure.Finally，obsessedbyaneedtofreehimself，Florentdiscovershowtofightback.
作者简介
YvesBeaucheminwasborninNoranda,Quebec,in1941.AfterreceivinghislicenceèslettresinFrenchandarthistoryattheUniversityofMontrealin1965,hetaughtliteratureattheCollègeGarneauandLavalUniversity,thenworkedasaneditorinaMontrealpublishingfirmwhilebeginningtocontributeessaysandstoriestomagazinesandnewspapers.In1969heacceptedapositionasaresearcheratRadio-Québec.Beauchemin’sfirstnovel,TheBamboozled(1974),wonthePrixFrance-Québec,hissecondnovel,TheAlleyCat(1981),becametheall-timebest-sellingnovelinQuebecliteratureandhasbeentranslatedintofifteenlanguages,andhisthirdnovel,Juliette(1989),wonthePrixJeanGiono.InhisfictionBeaucheminisadetachedbutcaringobserverofthecontemporaryworldaroundhim.Thepanoramiccanvasesofhisnovelscapturetheteeminglifeofthestreets,reflectingtheirauthor’sappreciationofsuchgreatnineteenth-centurywritersasBalzacandDickens,DostoevskyandGogol.YvesBeaucheminresideinLangueuil,Quebec.,,,
