Translating Montreal: Episodes in the Life of a Divided City

The Divided Montreal Of The 1960s Is Very Different From Today's Cosmopolitan, Hybrid City. Taking The Perspective Of A Walker Moving Through A Fluid Landscape Of Neighbourhoods And Eras, Sherry Simon Experiences Montreal As A Voyage Across Languages. Sketching Out Literary Passages From The Then Of The Colonial City To The Now Of The Cosmopolitan Montreal, She Traces A History Of Crossings And Intersections Around The Familiar Sites And Symbols Of The City - The Mythical Boulevard Saint-laurent, Mile End, The Jacques-cartier Bridge, Mont-royal.