Title: Alexandre Chenevert
First published: 1954
Description: In Alexandre Chenevert, the Montreal bank teller trapped by his narrow environment and acutely aware of his loneliness, Gabrielle Roy has created a vivid and poignant portrait of an ordinary man and his attempts to transcend his circumstances and his fate. Set in 1947 amid the crumbled dreams of the post-War world, and drawing on modern themes of personal alienation and of the restorative force of nature, The Cashier is a tour de force of characterization and empathy.
Subjects: Alienation (Social psychology), Fiction, Novela canadiense (Francés), Roman canadien de langue française, Fiction, general, Bank tellers