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"A Blue Rose Perfume" 1974
From: The Quebec Anthology
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"Un parfum bleu-rose," translated here as "A Blue Rose Perfume" by Basil Kingstone, first appeared in 1974 in the Montreal magazine Liberté. It is a simple story—a man whose wife has committed suicide tries to trace her last movements— but it explores many of the themes that have occupied Langevin since his first novel: marital infidelity, existential doubt, and the lack of a truly committed social conscience.
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André Langevin
Born in Montreal in 1927, André Langevin worked as literary editor of Le Devoir before becoming a broadcaster for Radio-Canada, and has written numerous radio and filmscripts as well as novels and short stories. His first novel, Évadé de la nuit, appeared in 1951 and won the Prix du Cercle du livre de France, as did his second, more famous novel, Poussière sur la ville (1953; Dust Over the City, 1955).
