Space, Place, and a Race That Will Not Die - Literature and Painting in Quebec: From Imagery to Identity - page 160

6.3 Jean Paul Lemieux, L'église de Péribonka, du livre illustré ' Jean Paul Lemieux
retrouve Maria Chapdelaine ,' 1981. Photolithographie, 2522 / 5000, 30,6 x 45,8 cm
(papier); 28,1 x 34,8 cm (image). Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec,
1989.295.09, legs Marcel Carbotte. Photo: Idra Labrie. © Gestion A.S.L. INC. /
Péribonka Church, from the artist book 'Jean Paul Lemieux retrouve Maria
Chapdelaine,' 1981. Photolithograph, 2522 / 5000, 30.6 x 45.8 cm (paper); 28.1 x
34.8 cm (image). Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, 1989.295.09, Marcel
Carbotte Bequest. Photo: Idra Labrie. Gestion A.S.L. INC.
rivation, and threat are usually followed by equally frequent mentions
of cheer, animation, and courage. With real but understated adroitness,
Hémon ushers us into this world of contrasts and conventions, cueing
us at the same time about how to read and interpret his tightly woven
account' (31).
After introducing his main characters - Samuel Chapdelaine, a
farmer whose land is quite far from the village, his robustfully beauti-
ful daughter, Maria, and the dashing François Paradis, whom they