Translating Montreal: episodes in the life of a divided city
Canadian non-fiction, Canadian history, Criticism
Human-narrated audio, Automated braille
Summary
Taking the perspective of a walker moving through a landscape of neighbourhoods and eras, Simon experiences Montreal as a voyage across languages. Using literary passages from the colonial era till today, she traces a history of crossings and intersections around… the familiar sites and symbols of the city, describing the development of social relations between linguistic communities, through translations. 2006.