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A review by chickienuggies
La route d'Altamont by Gabrielle Roy
3.0
A pretty profound and charming coming-of-age story that follows Christine's life in a series of connected, chronological story fragments. It has a lot to say about the cyclical nature of life - old age is essentially painted as a second childhood, the desires of ancestors are passed on to and embodied by their descendants, and the narrator's quest for self and identity is only fulfilled when she escapes Manitoba to retrace her ancestors' steps in France and Quebec, only to find herself back where she started.
Overall, a nice read and I enjoyed it! I feel like I couldn't fully grasp how great the descriptive language was cause I read it in French T.T but I did really enjoy the sections written from a child's perspective. I think Roy is great at those from what I've read from this and from "Vincenzo" in Ces enfants de ma vie :)
Overall, a nice read and I enjoyed it! I feel like I couldn't fully grasp how great the descriptive language was cause I read it in French T.T but I did really enjoy the sections written from a child's perspective. I think Roy is great at those from what I've read from this and from "Vincenzo" in Ces enfants de ma vie :)