The Sandbar is a collection of vignettes from The Sandbar, a small-town watering hole in Northern Michigan owned by an eccentric couple with a penchant for stiff drinks. At an early age, their nephew gains an appreciation for exotic cocktails and for the quirky intricacies of family relations. The Sandbar follows his experiences as a displaced Québécois youth growing up at the bar against the backdrop of such monumental events as the Detroit riots, Marilyn Monroe's death and the beginnings of the Hippie movement.
The Sandbar is a snapshot of the 1950s and 60s "Golden Age" of America.
Jean-paul Daoust is a Québécois poet, essayist and author. He has published thirty books of poetry and two novels since 1976, including Les cendres bleues which won the Governor General's Award in 1990. Daoust received the Grand Prix at the Trois-Rivières Poetry Festival in 2009 for Le vitrail brisé and the Gatien-Lapointe-Jaime Sabines Poetry Prize in 2012.
Jean-Paul Daoust, The Sandbar, stories, Toronto : Quattro books Inc., Translated by Susan Ouriou and Christelle Morelli, 2013, 85 p.
ISBN : 978-1-927443-28-6
