The Grand Melee Av Michel Tremblay

<p>The fifth novel in the <em>Desrosiers Diaspora </em>series from Qu¿cois national treasure Michel Tremblay. <br><br>It¿s May 1922, and preparations are in full swing for the marriage of Nana and Gabriel, which will take place the following month. There¿s just one problem: Nana¿s wedding dress has yet to be bought. Nana¿s mercurial mother, Maria, torn between her desire to measure up as a mother and the inescapable constraints of poverty, wonders how to pay for the wedding. And she¿s not the only one battling demons ¿ the thought of the upcoming reunion unsettles every member of the large and dispersed Desrosiers family. While the wedding invitations announce a celebration, they also stir up old memories, past desires, and big regrets. <br><br><em>The Grand Melee</em> extends Michel Tremblay¿s beloved familial and historical saga, and bridges the<em> Desrosiers Diaspora</em> series and the now-classic Chronicles of the Plateau Mont-Royal. This book includes a newly translated introduc