22 September 2008
Reactions to The Tin Flute
Gabrielle Roy's Bonheur d'occasion (translated as The Tin Flute) is, I think, the most important novel written in Canada during the 1940s and it's set just 90 minutes from here in Montreal. Looking at it now, 60 years after its publication, what was your reaction to it? What do you think is the most interesting aspect of this novel?
Follow-up to today's discussion
In today's class we were talking about the fertility rate and economic conditions of Québec in the first half of the 20th century. This site gives some further context about those issues. This chart of contemporary fertility rates by nation gives you some statistics about birth rates around the world today. As I mentioned, although the US comes in at #124 of 223 countries, it's interesting to see how much further down that list are countries like the UK (174), Canada (183), and Russia (195).
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