Next Episode - Softcover

Aquin, Hubert

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ISBN 10: 0771094337 ISBN 13: 9780771094330

Publisher: New Canadian Library, 2010

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First published in l965, Hubert Aquin’s Next Episode is a disturbing and yet deeply moving novel of dissent and distress. As he awaits trial, a young separatist writes an espionage story in the psychiatric ward of the Montreal prison where he has been detained. Sheila Fischman’s bold new translation captures the pulsating life of Aquin’s complex exploration of the political realities of contemporary Quebec.
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Set in the heady days of 1960s Quebec, Next Episode offers a disturbing glimpse into the mind of a young terrorist. Idling away his incarceration in a Montreal psychiatric hospital, a member of Quebec's separatist army (the FLQ) begins writing a quasi-autobiographical spy thriller. The volatile narrator of this flamboyant novel within a novel reunites by chance with a long-lost lover and fellow revolutionary, the enigmatic "K," only to embark on a mission to assassinate a wealthy RCMP informer known as H. de Heutz. In a vertiginous car chase through Switzerland, however, he suffers a crisis of nerve. Who exactly is the elusive H. de Heutz? And could his target's mysterious blond companion be K?

Hubert Aquin's passionate first novel galvanized a generation of Quebec youth when it first appeared in French in 1965. Canadian film actor Carl Marotte captures the urgency and breathtaking lyricism of this anguished intellectual tour de force, which originally aired on CBC Radio's "Between the Covers."

About the Author:

Hubert Aquin was born in Montreal, Quebec, in 1929. After receiving his licentiate in philosophy from the Universit� de Montr�al, he spent three years at the Institute of Political Studies in Paris, then returned to the Universit� de Montr�al, where he studied for one year at the Institute of History.

Aquin worked as a radio and television producer with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Public Affairs division in Montreal and won many awards for his work as a director with the National Film Board.

One of Quebec’s prominent essayists, he turned to fiction in the 1960s. Next Episode (1965), Aquin’s first novel, is the searing first-person account of terrorism about to be perpetrated by the novel’s young narrator.

Hubert Aquin died in Montreal, Quebec, in 1977.
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