Proposed reading list for Montreal
The New York Times has a proposed reading list for Montreal from writer Mona Awad. Of course it’s all in English, or English translation.
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jeather 12:40 on 2024-05-06 Permalink
You can’t expect them to do untranslated works, but that’s a pretty decent selection of translated from French authors, it’s not like there’s just one.
Ian 14:19 on 2024-05-06 Permalink
To be fair the only things I knew about Montreal culture when I moved here in 1990 were the books I had read. I expected it to be a mix between “The Favourite Game” and “the Tin Flute”. I was not disappointed.
PatrickC 16:02 on 2024-05-06 Permalink
Not directly related, but the first episode of the new season of the HBO show “Hacks,” just out, is set in Montreal during a JFL festival (!). The lead character, played by Jean Smart, says of the city: “sounds like Paris, looks like Hartford.”
Blork 20:56 on 2024-05-06 Permalink
Yeah, that was fun although the JFL part stung a bit. (The character was in Montreal to get a (fictional) award at JFL.) BTW my sweetie laughed out loud at the Paris/Hartford line. As a kid growing up in Quebec City her family made occasional trips to Montreal, arriving on the 40 coming through Anjou and St-Leonard. To her young eyes Montreal was the ugliest place on Earth. She changed her mind (somewhat) only after she moved here as an adult.
Kate 21:09 on 2024-05-06 Permalink
In the 1990s I organized a couple of gatherings in Quebec City for friends made on the internet. One of them was the daughter of a foreign diplomat, who had lived in several different countries on several continents and experienced more cities than most of us manage to do. She said she felt Montreal was Quebec City’s ugly stepsister. (But she only saw Vieux‑Québec, not the mall sprawl beyond.)
DeWolf 00:51 on 2024-05-08 Permalink
Quebec City has the advantage of a pretty spectacular landscape, but it’s also more put together than Montreal, despite the sprawl. Everything feels a bit tidier, a little more polished.
Kate 10:28 on 2024-05-08 Permalink
Quebec City was so prized as a world capital in waiting during the PQ years that it had a lot more money spent on its aesthetics than Montreal did. The 400th anniversary also gave it a polish.