La Belle Bête
Overview
La Belle Bête is a French Canadian
novel by Marie-Claire Blais
, published in 1959. The novel exploded upon the Quebec literary scene when Marie-Claire Blais was only twenty years old. Acclaimed and reviled, the novel quickly established Blais as a formidable and revolutionary talent.
A harrowing pathology of the soul, Mad Shadows centres on a family group: Patrice, the beautiful and narcissistic son; his ugly and malicious sister, Isabelle-Marie; and Louise, their vain and uncomprehending mother.
French Canadian
French Canadian or Francophone Canadian, , generally refers to the descendents of French colonists who arrived in New France in the 17th and 18th centuries...
novel by Marie-Claire Blais
Marie-Claire Blais
Marie-Claire Blais, is a Canadian author and playwright.- Life :Born in Quebec City, Quebec, she was educated at a convent school and at Université Laval. It was at Laval that she met Jeanne Lapointe and Father Georges Lévesque, who encouraged her to write and, in 1959, to publish her first...
, published in 1959. The novel exploded upon the Quebec literary scene when Marie-Claire Blais was only twenty years old. Acclaimed and reviled, the novel quickly established Blais as a formidable and revolutionary talent.
A harrowing pathology of the soul, Mad Shadows centres on a family group: Patrice, the beautiful and narcissistic son; his ugly and malicious sister, Isabelle-Marie; and Louise, their vain and uncomprehending mother.