“My black girl, would you put a log in the stove? Because there, my pits and my pitounes, we are here for a while. » Purists, refrain! In her first work, translator and reviser Catherine St-Laurent revisits “bits” of history with a capital “H”.
You will come away from this reading more cultured with at least a few tasty anecdotes. But, above all, you will come away feeling happy. From (two) kings whose lives were snatched away by door frames to the incredible epic of the Holy Crown of Hungary, the author tells, in an oral language that is both hilarious and delightful, 25 fables drawn from different eras . Catherine St-Laurent clearly has an immeasurable love for the French language, and she makes brilliant use of it. There is something magically transgressive in this book embellished with a few images, where we have fun imagining the “tabarnak” and “aweille” of important (and less important) characters from Antiquity. Taken from a blog of the same name (and guided by the same concept), Around the Wood Stove is an enjoyable work. The next opportunity to dive into the exploded world of Catherine St-Laurent will be welcome.
