La route d'Altamont
About this book
First published in French in 1966, The Road Past Altamont pierces to the heart of a child's world, creating a delicate, yet substantial network of impressions, emotions, and relationships. In her writing, Gabrielle Roy allowed "nothing extraneous or false to stand," according to the translator, Joyce Marshall. The literary style of Roy, whose fiction reflects her childhood on the Canadian prairie, has often been compared to that of Willa Cather. The Road Past Altamont takes a sensitive French-Canadian girl, Christine, from childhood innocence to maturity. Four connected stories reveal profound moments during her early years in the vastness of Manitoba. Christine's testament to Grandmother's creative power, her great adventure with an old gentleman at Lake Winnipeg and her clandestine one with a crude family of movers, her journey through time and space with aging Maman - all these characters and events convey Gabrielle Roy's preoccupation with childhood and old age, the passage of time and mystery of change, and the artist's relation to the world.
Reader Profile
3.9/5 · 594 readers · 146 pages · ≈ 2 h 42 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read La route d'Altamont?
About ≈ 2 h 42 m — 146 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is La route d'Altamont?
146 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is La route d'Altamont?
It sits on the Short Stories, Fiction shelves.
Is La route d'Altamont in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Where does La route d'Altamont take place?
It is set in Manitoba.
Who wrote La route d'Altamont?
Gabrielle Roy (1909–1983).