W. Donald Wilson and Paul G. Socken's translation of Aaron, by QuA(c)bA(c)cois author Yves ThA(c)riault, makes this fine novel available in English for the first time.

An exploration of "otherness," the story centres on Moishe, an Orthodox Jew and refugee from Russia, who is raising his grandson, Aaron, alone in Montreal, following the deaths of Aaron's parents. Poverty-stricken, Moshe works as a tailor, maintains his strict adherence to Orthodoxy, and educates Aaron to follow in his path. Aaron becomes increasingly estranged from his grandfather's ways, however, and his...