They not only travel over the land but also explore the history of how Europeans interacted with the natives that lived in each of the regions. The hitchhiker is nicknamed “La Grande Sauterelle” because she has really long legs that look like a grasshopper.Īs the group travels along in Jack’s Volkswagen Minibus, which becomes a character in itself over the course of the story, they pass through many big cities in Canada and the American West. At the beginning, while he is traveling, he picks up a hitchhiker and a cat named Chop Suey. He finds an old postcard and he begins a journey to find his brother, who has been long lost. Poulin starts off the novel by introducing his protagonist with the pseudonym Jack Waterman, who is suffering from writer’s block. In the style of the Beat Generation, Volkswagen Blues is a road novel, mimicking the famous style of Jack Kerouac. The novel was well acclaimed, being nominated for the Governor General's Award for French-language fiction in 1984 and being one of the selected novels in the 2005 edition of Canada Reads. It was originally published in French in 1984, and was translated into English in 1988. The novel Volkswagen Blues is a novel that was written by Jacques Poulin. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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