Books with title In the village of Viger

The ten stories in In the Village of Viger portray the life of a rural village as it faces the darkness of its own future. An established milliner, Madame Laroque, is upset by the advent of a younger, more popular rival. An innkeeper’s obsession with the Franco-Prussian War drives his descent into madness. A gardener longs to return to the village in France where his mother was born. At once comical, farcical, and tragic, this superb collection, first published in 1896, anticipates later collections of linked short stories including Alice Munro’s Who Do You Think You Are? and Margaret Laurence’s A Bird in the House.

W.H. New claims that Duncan Campbell Scott's In the Village of Viger is the first in a rich tradition of Canadian short story cycles. It is also an expression in fiction of turn-of-the-century North American anti-modernism. The primary thematic concern of the collection is the threat posed by the advance of metropolitan modernity upon the traditional conception of the family and the ideal of community itself. The culminating story, "Paul Farlotte," explores the dominant theme of the fractured family, in concert with other themes from the preceding stories: madness, romance, industrialization, and "progress". In the stories, Scott envisions the possibility of a new order emerging, in which the concepts of "family" and "community" would be redefined without losing their traditional functions of conserving and transmitting values.

The ten stories in In the Village of Viger portray the life of a rural village as it faces the darkness of its own future. An established milliner, Madame Laroque, is upset by the advent of a younger, more popular rival. An innkeeper’s obsession with the Franco-Prussian War drives his descent into madness. A gardener longs to return to the village in France where his mother was born. At once comical, farcical, and tragic, this superb collection, first published in 1896, anticipates later collections of linked short stories including Alice Munro’s Who Do You Think You Are? and Margaret Laurence’s A Bird in the House.

"A modern-day parable about kindness and community...Lau also includes a subtle undercurrent about the importance of nurturing a broad sense of community through collaboration, compassion, and the sharing of resources." -Publishers Weekly Roo is a busy and hardworking treehouse builder in her village. After a tragic accident that leaves Roo and her village without homes, Roo sets off on an uncertain journey to find place where they can live. In this read-aloud picture book, readers come along Roo as she finds the determination and initiative to make things right again. The Village of the Trees and its colorful illustrations tell a story of restoration and rescue in a way that one might least expect.

Roo is a busy and hardworking treehouse builder. After a tragic accident that leaves Roo and her village without homes, Roo sets off on an uncertain journey to find a place where they can live. In this simple picture book narrative, readers come alongside Roo as she finds the determination and initiative to make things right again. The Village of the Trees is a story of restoration and rescue in a way that one might least expect.More Details: Read-aloud book Explores themes of welcoming, hospitality, community, sharing, economic development

Lyrical, poetic text and beautiful artwork celebrate the lives of children in a remote Himalayan village as they make their work into playOur village sits above the great river, nestles in the Himilayan mountains. This is what we do on summer days when school is closed for holiday time, in our village in the sky.Janeen Brian's evocative poems, beautifully illustrated by Anne Spudvilas, reveal how the vital work of children in a remote village can be transformed through imagination into joyful play.