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This history of oppression, in a Catholic family well-meaning, stages of prohibitions and censures. The highs and lows alternate. In return for servile obedience of his daughters, the mother promised to support them against the tyrannical father. While households settle in Montreal or in the suburbs, parents move into a hotel for four paths of a deserted village. An impenetrable forest surrounding trade where regular customers are like characters from Hugo and Gorky. Upon arrival, the mother hotel coverlet throws the garbage books for children. Father multiplies his speeches condemning rearguard intellectual life. The sisters dream of early romance, the only consistent success at St. Columban. The younger sister find a husband while Evelyne, the eldest, continued extensive studies against the wishes of his parents. "I had an obligation to uprooting. My questions went beyond my person, I had to overcome the prevailing inertia, drowsiness collective, the thought that had capitulated. ". Hotel of the four paths is a novel marking, where the psychology of a family gesture is analyzed closely. It is a novel that haunts us long after his reading. The story is about a Catholic family that advocates of rigid rules, courtesy and respect to self-forgetfulness. You must be reasonable and cowering. It is blind obedience to adults that are subject Lorraine and Evelyn, two very different girls. Their parents forbid the imagination, the desires are not tolerated and it is preferable that the girls have no suction. It does not derogate from his rank. In this family setting rigid, girls dream of marriage, can only escape to a life restricted. One will marry, not the other. The novel focuses instead on Evelyn, who is different. Because it aspires to study that are not valued and rise to another level. His upbringing explains his difficult life lived on the toes, afraid to assert themselves, to have ideas, beliefs, emotions. Able to be stifled, to disturb no one, not to be herself, Evelyne must look to his own, wanted to legitimize his studies and readings, all of which are not well received by his parents. This novel is quite surprising, taking. The writing is concise and very pleasing for me. The words are right, the psychology of the characters is so thorough that it is surprising that the novel has only 120 pages! The author dissects all education has received Evelyne and consequences of his adult life. His relationship with his parents has always been difficult, incomprehension and disappointment is always at the heart of conflicts and unspoken. For Evelyn, writing and the words become a valve indoctrination perpetrated by family education and accentuated by the religious life. Hotel of the four paths is a novel that compels admiration. It is short, simple, beautifully written, in addition to providing an interesting analysis of what is conveyed in a family setting. Much is said about the place of women and their traditional roles within a family. The tone is so true that one lives literally with Evelyne his disappointments and hopes. Some phrases are so eloquent that it is hard not to be caught by this family that transmits an unhealthy legacy to his children. "We lived crammed into two narrow double rooms. None of us owned a personal space. I'd never had, then it does not fail me. Having your own space, the idea was cloudy, almost dishonest, assumed the concealment. " p.14. "There was one picture of the real girl, an archetype, a single pipe possible. I kept my distance from this prototype. I was studying. He served as a foil to invent me otherwise." p.55. I confess I have never read France Theoret. I know, alas, as its name. But if the future and my wallet allows me to get hold of this book, I might answer the call. @ Mascha: thank you for your message! Indeed, I enjoyed it, it's a particular story, but I find in few words, the author makes good. Is this a first novel? In any case the story should not remain indifferent. Damn this time and his religion has made people suffer!.