The Metropolis began to shake, I could feel it in every bone in my body and in my solar plexus,” Strauss read the following paragraph in a low and gradual grumble. In the scene, the protagonist drowns himself in the crowd of a heavy metal concert. When he first heard there was a book called Le Plongeur, he immediately knew that he would be the one to translate it.Īfter Larue read an introspective sequence of the protagonist’s crippling gambling addiction in French, Strauss read a scene he thought well-demonstrated Larue’s use of description. Though questions and praises flooded towards the author, Strauss sat beside him, quiet and diligent, waiting for his turn on the mic. He is barely twenty years old, works as the kitchen’s dishwasher, and loves listening to metal. “The crowd grew denser as we moved forward.”īoth French and English readers were eager to hear from Larue, whose experiences working a multitude of restaurant jobs around the city inspired the raw portrayal of his local protagonist. “The smoke of cigarettes and joints rose in thick spirals above the mezzanine,” read Strauss with an animated tone. Within the surrounding full-volume walls of Drawn and Quarterly’s children’s collections, Strauss pulled the audience’s attention through the opening lines of Chapter 22 from the translated version of the novel Le Plongeur on Sept. Visual artist Daphne Boyer celebrates her Métis heritage with exhibition “Fa…que”Īlong with author of Le Plongeur Stéphane Larue, Pablo Strauss read from his translation The Dishwasher, a novel about a young graphic designer who dives into a pool of dirty dishes and imparts Montreal’s underground night scenery. In Conversation with Wrestler Sophia Bechard Letter: Michael O’Hearn and Martin O’Connor Student Journalist Bursary awarded to Lorenza Mezzapelle The erosion of the Quebec Charter is an attack on our values Response to Leaked Closed Session Tapes Reveal Controversy as CSU Council Awards Max Bonus to Former Academic and Advocacy Exec Our planet is on fire, and Concordia does not even meet the poorly written fire code Vote in the The Arts and Sciences Federation of Associations 2021 by-elections. Throw! Poetry Collective hosts lively bilingual event Healing in The Spotlight: Platforming Arab Storytelling How Indigenous Runner Tom Longboat Trailblazed His Way To Legendary Status Patriotes 5, Stingers 3: Game Three Decides Series Stingers Fall Seconds Short of National Championship “We Want Them All”: Syria’s Detained and Forcibly Disappeared How AI Can Predict the Recurrence of Lung Cancer Sexual Violence at Concordia: An Ongoing Fight for Justice Montreal’s Ukrainian Community, One Year Into the War

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Le Plongeur by Stéphane Larue