Rue Fabre: Centre of the Universe - Softcover

These quirky, slice-of-life tales from one of Canada’s most beloved radio celebrities evoke a Quebec unknown to most English-speaking Canadians. For young Jean-Claude, a journey outside the realm of Rue Fabre in Montreal’s East End constituted a veritable odyssey. Traveling in his father’s truck, a candy and cigarette showroom on wheels, Jean-Claude discovers a strange and fascinating world, extraordinary individuals, and incredible situations. Endlessly tempted by this horn of plenty—red cinnamon fish, Cherry Blossom chocolates, Lifesavers, maple sugar cones, sugary strawberries, jelly beans, and black balls—Jean-Claude develops an exhaustive comparative study of sweets, with hilarious results.

Jean-Claude Germain is a writer, a playwright, a director, an actor, a journalist, a historian, and a critic. He taught at the National Theatre School of Canada and was an artistic director of Théâtre d’aujourd’hui. His narration of the history of Montreal from 1642 to 1992 airing on the morning show CBF-Bonjour spanned 350 episodes and was later published in the three-volume Le Feuilleton de Montréal. He is the author of  Donald Winkler is a filmmaker and a translator. He is a winner of and a four-time finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Translation. His translation of La Kermesse (A Secret Between Us) was a finalist for the 2007 Giller Prize. They both live in Montreal.Rue Fabre