{"id":9637,"date":"2011-03-10T11:09:47","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T16:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=9637"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:21:38","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:21:38","slug":"montreal-lit-memoria-and-the-mountain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2011\/03\/10\/montreal-lit-memoria-and-the-mountain\/","title":{"rendered":"Montr\u00e9al Lit: M\u00e9moria and the Mountain"},"content":{"rendered":"<address><em><\/em><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-9641\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2011\/03\/10\/montreal-lit-memoria-and-the-mountain\/montreal-lit-mountain\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9641\" title=\"montreal lit mountain\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/03\/montreal-lit-mountain.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"447\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/03\/montreal-lit-mountain.jpg 447w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/03\/montreal-lit-mountain-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/a><\/address>\n<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-9640\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2011\/03\/10\/montreal-lit-memoria-and-the-mountain\/web-3\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9640\" title=\"Web\" src=\"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/network\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/03\/Montreal-Lit2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/03\/Montreal-Lit2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2011\/03\/Montreal-Lit2-300x75.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Spacing Montreal is pleased to present a new bi-weekly column  exploring Montreal&#8217;s literary landscape, written by Gregory McCormick,  Director of English Programming  for the <a href=\"http:\/\/bluemetropolis.org\/Festival\">Blue Metropolis  International Literary Festival<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A great place to start, in this literary exploration of our city, is with the Mountain, of course:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Tous les matins, Vincent l\u00e8ve bien haut le store, comme maman, il guette les moindres reflets du soleil sur la montagne. Parfois, il sort sur le balcon pour voir la ville, en plong\u00e9e, sous tous ses angles, alors que j\u2019essaie d\u2019ouvrir les yeux. Dans quelque minutes, je sais, il rabattra mes couvertures, il me transportera dans la cuisine en riant\u2026j\u2019ai la t\u00eate barbouill\u00e9e, nous avons trop bu hier soir, des digestifs apr\u00e8s le vin, et encore des digestifs, nous avons tant parl\u00e9.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Louise Dupr\u00e9\u2019s 1996 novel <a href=\"http:\/\/www.renaud-bray.com\/Livres_Produit.aspx?id=221290&amp;def=Memoria%28La%29,DUPRE,+LOUISE,2892611881\"><em>La memoria<\/em><\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chapters.indigo.ca\/books\/Memoria-Louise-Dupr%C3%A9\/9780889242876-item.html?ikwid=memoria+louise&amp;ikwsec=Home\">translated into English<\/a> as <em>Memoria<\/em> in 1999) traces the process of overcoming a marriage in crisis and is a meditation on how memory continues to affect us all in our everyday lives.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.renaud-bray.com\/ImagesEditeurs\/PG\/221\/221290-gf.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.renaud-bray.com\/ImagesEditeurs\/PG\/221\/221290-gf.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"136\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spacing Montreal is pleased to present a new bi-weekly column exploring Montreal&#8217;s literary landscape, written by Gregory McCormick, Director of English Programming for the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival. 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