“What we ought to be doing, friends, is seeking our past, our true past, the past that stretches back beyond childhood, the real past of beginnings and fickle origins. There alone lies the truth. If any man love me, let him follow me.” Thus speaks Jos Connaissant, the “Know-it-all,” Victor-Lévy Beaulieu”s gently ironic way of referring to Jos Beauchemin, mystic turned sorcerer.
Governor General’s Award for translation.