The Enchanted Figtree

ISBN-13: 9781800798137 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 108 str.

Beatrice Guenther; Marco Micone

Opis

Marco Micone's The Enchanted Figtree, here presented for the first time in English, is about his experiences as an Italian migrant to Quebec. He explores the Canadian policy of multiculturalism through a clear-sighted lens. The hybrid text includes autobiographical snapshots, commentaries, and a brief theatrical exchange.

Spis treści

Contents: Translator's Preface - The Enchanted Figtree - Exordium - The Miracle- Workers - The Village in Flight - The Pedal Pushers - Fettered Wives - "No Dogs, No Italians Wanted" - The Emigrant in Waiting - The Amigré - The Rehearsal - A Gre-ea-t De-a-l [Bé-a-ou-co-oup] - Même ce gars-là le sait ["Even That Guy Knows"] - The Enchanted Figtree - The Gatekeepers - The Impossible Palimpsest - The Whiners

O autorze

Marco Micone was born in southern Italy (Montelongo) in 1945 and emigrated with his family to Montréal, Canada in 1958. His works include multiple theatrical works (for instance, Les gens du silence (1982), translated two years later as Voiceless People). Micone continues to publish, most recently, a collection of essays titled On ne naît pas Québécois, on le devient [One is not born a Quebecer, one becomes it]. Micone is also an important translator of Italian theatre into French, including works by Goldoni, Pirandello, and Gozzi.

Beatrice Guenther is Associate Professor of French in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Bowling Green State University (Ohio). She received her BA from the University of Toronto and her PhD in Comparative Literature from Princeton University.