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Shelagh Rogers talks with playwright and novelist Michel Tremblay about his Canada Reads contender, The Fat Woman Next Door is Pregnant

Posted by Kimberly Walsh on December 11 at 12:00 AM

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The Fat Woman Next Door is PregnantThe characters in Michel Tremblay’s plays have won the hearts of theatre-goers worldwide. Will the characters in his first novel, The Fat Woman Next Door is Pregnant (Talonbooks), translated by Sheila Fischman, carry the day for the celebrated Quebec author in Canada Reads 2009?

In this interview from The Next Chapter, Michel Tremblay talks to Shelagh Rogers about the book and how he feels about being a Canada Reads contender. The acclaimed novel leads off his Chroniques du plateau Mont-Royal, a series of six books about a family in a working-class Montreal neighbourhood. The Fat Woman Next Door is Pregnant takes place in the early 1940s, and depicts a day in the life of 22 characters, including a cat and dog.

Tune into the show’s podcast for more, including an interview with Don Cherry about his book Hockey Stories and Stuff (Random House).

First aired Sat Dec 6, 2008 on The Next Chapter. [runs 17:30]

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