{"product_id":"entre-rive-and-shore-9781773102870","title":"Entre Rive and Shore","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e“I used to think this was a book about a disguise,\u003cbr\u003ebut now I know that it’s a book about translation.”\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAccording to Cormier family lore, Pierrot Cormier escaped a British prison the night before the Acadian Deportation by disguising himself in a dress. In the invigorating, transliterative \u003ci\u003eEntre Rive and Shore\u003c\/i\u003e, Dominique Bernier-Cormier uses his ancestor’s escape to ponder what it means to live between two languages. Writing in a blend of English and French that evokes Chiac, “a living thing, growing gills, a voice from the future, prophetic and clear,” Bernier-Cormier probes the mutability of language and of translation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA heady mix of English renderings of a single French poem, a Franco-fusion mélange of reflections on Acadian history and identity, and meditations on the evolution of language and the rapper Young Thug, \u003ci\u003eEntre Rive and Shore\u003c\/i\u003e exhibits “an eloquence we aren’t attuned to.” The result is protean, an exhilarating collection that reassesses what it means to live between two identities, two worlds, two languages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“From poetry to essay to diary entry, and with lucidity and frankness, Bernier-Cormier addresses the ever-delicate issues of language and history that are so crucial to Acadian identity. Blending legend with family history and a series of fantasist self-portraits, \u003ci\u003eEntre Rive and Shore\u003c\/i\u003e offers a mooring point between two cultures and two realities. Brilliant in its form and content, \u003ci\u003eEntre Rive and Shore\u003c\/i\u003e offers a refreshing and innovative view on our future as Acadians.” -- Herménégilde Chiasson, author of \u003ci\u003eTo Live and Die in Scoudouc\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With turns of language both striking and gentle, \u003ci\u003eEntre Rive and Shore\u003c\/i\u003e invites us into the tender and haunted space between English and French. Translation ‘weaves itself into a dress of wind’ as we are swept up in its violence and distorted offerings of home. Bernier-Cormier’s use of metaphor and imagery is ‘bone-bright’ and will fill you with awe.” -- Selina Boan, author of \u003ci\u003eUndoing Hours\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The poems and texts of \u003ci\u003eEntre Rive and Shore\u003c\/i\u003e unravel family memory and history to create a book of the future, inhabiting the fissure between languages that in fact joins and nourishes them. Bernier-Cormier opens a world of possibilities to us, where poetry’s act of thinking crosses linguistic borders to give us a newly liveable world.” -- Erín Moure, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Elements\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Throughout this recueil of reflections, Dominique Bernier-Cormier redefines and brings a certain justice to the internal bilingual battles that torment Acadians and Cajuns alike. Bernier-Cormier’s stunning mix of history, outer space, and pop culture is seductive. His words are refreshing, vivid, and sometimes surreal — making it difficult to put \u003ci\u003eEntre Rive and Shore\u003c\/i\u003e down before finishing it in its entirety.” -- Vivianne Roy, Les Hay Babies","brand":"Goose Lane Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48887629152599,"sku":"9781773102870","price":14.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781773102870.jpg?v=1722545464","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/entre-rive-and-shore-9781773102870","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}