About the Author

Eric Dupont’s books are among the first in a wave of new Quebec literature: La Presse has called him “one of the province’s most daring and original writers,” while Voir maintains that just two novels were enough to make his work “essential reading for anyone interested in new Quebec literature.” Born in 1970, Eric Dupont lives and works in Montreal where he teaches translation at McGill University.

Peter McCambridge is an award-winning literary translator. He founded and heads the Québec Reads webzine and now runs QC Fiction, a new imprint of Baraka Books devoted to publishing contemporary Québec literature in translation.

Reviews

I was so engrossed in Eric's personal quest to escape Matane that I found myself saying "Wait! It can't end yet!" Trust me, you'll find yourself hoping Eric Dupont is somewhere in La belle province writing a sequel to Life in the Court of Matane . . . QC Fiction has done a great service to English readers everywhere by translating this popular Quebec novel for us. Bien fait." —James Fisher, miramichireader.ca

"One of Quebec's most daring and original writers." —La Presse

"If the Americans have John Irving and the Colombians Gabriel Garcia Marquez, we have Eric Dupont. And he's every bit as good as them." —Voir

"By turns poignant, playful, and nostalgic, the book evokes '70s Quebec with the quirky but successful device of combining an autobiographical family story with motifs drawn from fable, history, politics and myth . . . . Translator McCambridge beautifully captures the joyous top notes and the darker undercurrents of this fascinating voice." —Publishers Weekly