Je Me Souviens Memories of an Expatriate Angolophone Montrealaise Quebecoise Exiled in Canada

In this powerful dramatic monologue, Lorena Gale remembers, by reconstructing for the audience, her childhood and coming of age as an African-Canadian in Montreal.AKAKHer autobiographical protagonist is unabashedly one of those spoil-sport "ethnics "who, for political factions led by the likes of Parizeau, undermined and destroyed the separatist "pure laine "vision of a new Quebec nation, sparkling and clean in its coat of only three colourse-the seamless snow-white of the landscape, the royal blue of the sky, and the golden yellow of the sun (king), all allusions to the symbology of the imperialists who founded this "new nation, "(this "new France.)AKAKIn a dream-sequence / folksong which is played in ironic fragments between the voices adopted by the actress, Gale lyricises the long, parallel process of rediscovering her self, first as a dark speck on the horizon where pure white meets pure blue, then finally as a full-grown adult, whose race, gender and class are far more definitive of her person than the vapid dreams of the neo-nationalists of the late 20th century.AKAKAKAK--------------------------------------------------------------------------------AKAKAKISBN 0-88922-453-6; $14.95 Canada / $10.95 U.S.A;AK©2001; Drama; 64 ppAKAKAKAK--------------------------------------------------------------------------------AKAKAK[This] intimate monologue is funny, feisty, heartfelt.AKóCalgary HeraldAKAKLorena Gale delivers a powerhouse one-woman performane... "AKAKóVancouver SunAKAKOne of the ten best of 2000... "AKAKóPeter Birnie, Vancouver Sun anthropologyAKAKAKAK--------------------------------------------------------------------------------AKAKAKClick here for information on how to order TalonbooksGale, Lorena is the author of 'Je Me Souviens Memories of an Expatriate Angolophone Montrealaise Quebecoise Exiled in Canada' with ISBN 9780889224537 and ISBN 0889224536.