For Sure (86 page)

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1672.110.9

1698.110.10

1700.110.11

111. Tools

827.111.1

831.111.4

838.111.7

859.111.2

903.111.3

914.111.10

1027.111.9

1223.111.6

1249.111.12

1579.111.8

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1709.111.11

112. Languages

85.112.1

1037.112.6

1101.112.2

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1133.112.7

1143.112.8

1161.112.9

1403.112.5

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1661.112.10

113. Collections

620.113.7

986.113.2

992.113.1

996.113.3

998.113.5

1191.113.4

1208.113.9

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1458.113.12

114. Inventions

779.114.5

1227.114.12

1276.114.6

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1337.114.9

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115. Catherine and Chico

1388.115.1

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1416.115.6

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116. True or False

663.116.5

685.116.2

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867.116.7

1086.116.6

1091.116.1

1159.116.8

1271.116.3

1344.116.10

1407.116.12

1581.116.11

1615.116.9

117. Death

344.117.1

469.117.3

479.117.12

608.117.4

1096.117.5

1137.117.10

1140.117.7

1212.117.8

1254.117.6

1306.117.2

1704.117.11

1712.117.9

118. Concerning Yellow

1079.118.1

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1103.118.3

1131.118.4

1167.118.8

1179.118.7

1182.118.9

1200.118.6

1207.118.5

1257.118.11

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1451.118.10

119. Music

1190.119.1

1196.119.2

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1216.119.4

1232.119.5

1250.119.6

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1304.119.9

1316.119.10

1332.119.12

1577.119.11

120. Fictionary

421.120.6

593.120.1

639.120.9

743.120.4

781.120.7

783.120.8

809.120.12

991.120.5

1061.120.11

1217.120.10

1277.120.2

1553.120.3

121. Things to Want

815.121.9

1245.121.2

1289.121.11

1385.121.12

1393.121.4

1473.121.10

1534.121.1

1539.121.7

1562.121.6

1573.121.3

1609.121.8

1717.121.5

122. Sports

757.122.3

775.122.2

785.122.5

843.122.1

853.122.7

857.122.6

922.122.9

979.122.8

1136.122.4

1211.122.12

1280.122.11

1518.122.10

123. Carmen and Étienne

1052.123.1

1060.123.2

1062.123.3

1148.123.9

1160.123.4

1170.123.5

1172.123.6

1176.123.7

1194.123.10

1474.123.11

1692.123.8

1708.123.12

124. Religion

536.124.1

870.124.2

899.124.6

1022.124.3

1038.124.4

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1080.124.9

1300.124.7

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1691.124.12

125. Sexuality

498.125.1

596.125.6

1336.125.2

1348.125.3

1457.125.10

1578.125.4

1584.125.7

1628.125.8

1637.125.5

1650.125.9

1674.125.12

1688.125.11

126. Techniques

632.126.11

787.126.5

845.126.1

849.126.9

880.126.6

982.126.2

1006.126.12

1262.126.3

1363.126.7

1420.126.8

1596.126.4

1679.126.10

127. Tactics

584.127.11

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841.127.12

906.127.9

947.127.4

1231.127.1

1267.127.5

1427.127.6

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1623.127.10

128. Fervours

155.128.12

707.128.8

791.128.2

981.128.3

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1178.128.11

1239.128.9

1411.128.6

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1607.128.10

1695.128.4

129. Fantasies

526.129.11

567.129.10

793.129.3

949.129.8

1056.129.2

1255.129.4

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1706.129.7

130. Work

12.130.8

58.130.12

166.130.3

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1371.130.6

1376.130.5

1409.130.7

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1621.130.9

131. Parenthesi(e)s

57.131.4

113.131.1

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132. Malapropism

1049.132.4

1071.132.8

1077.132.11

1085.132.3

1099.132.1

1147.132.10

1221.132.7

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1563.132.5

1593.132.2

1684.132.6

133. The Future

44.133.5

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378.133.2

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1726.133.12

134. Marianne

50.134.8

132.134.1

934.134.2

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1362.134.3

1372.134.4

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1552.134.9

135. Zed and Chico

1082.135.3

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1272.135.5

1318.135.1

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1504.135.8

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1612.135.4

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1632.135.11

1664.135.12

136. The Unavowed

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795.136.5

829.136.6

833.136.7

835.136.8

993.136.9

995.136.10

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1671.136.12

137. Fears

138.137.9

532.137.1

542.137.3

590.137.6

618.137.4

752.137.12

780.137.2

1108.137.5

1240.137.7

1406.137.11

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1538.137.10

138. The Other

107.138.1

313.138.2

679.138.3

683.138.4

691.138.5

697.138.6

699.138.7

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777.138.9

803.138.12

965.138.10

1132.138.11

139. Étienne and Chico

1094.139.5

1124.139.8

1294.139.6

1488.139.2

1526.139.10

1564.139.9

1568.139.7

1608.139.11

1676.139.3

1682.139.4

1718.139.1

1724.139.12

140. Caraquet

464.140.4

470.140.5

658.140.7

839.140.11

1117.140.1

1146.140.6

1189.140.8

1620.140.3

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1722.140.10

141. Obsessions

199.141.6

818.141.1

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1268.141.4

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142. Notes

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534.142.12

143. Varia

310.143.9

414.143.5

508.143.10

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144. Epigraphs

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The author wishes to thank the New Brunswick Arts Board, the PICLO program, and the University of Ottawa's Département des lettres françaises for their financial support at various moments during the realization of this novel.

The translator wishes to thank Claire Huot for her painstaking research in the numerous fields and specializations discussed within this novel, and for the games of Scrabble, and France Daigle for her generosity, patience, and keen editorial eye.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

France Daigle is the author of eleven novels, including
Real Life
,
1953
,
A Fine Passage
,
Life's Little Difficulties
, and
Just Fine
. In 2012, she won the Prix Antonine-Maillet-Acadie Vie and the Governor General's Literary Award for French Fiction. A former news writer for Radio-Canada Acadie, she is currently a columnist for the daily
L'Acadie nouvelle
. She lives in Moncton, New Brunswick.

ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR

Robert Majzels is the author of three novels, a full-length play, a collection of poems, and a number of translations. He won the Governor General's Literary Award for his translation of France Daigle's novel
Just Fine
. He lives in Calgary, Alberta, where he teaches at the University of Calgary.

ALSO BY FRANCE DAIGLE

Real Life

1953: Chronicle of a Birth Foretold

Just Fine

A Fine Passage

Life's Little Difficulties

© Éditions du Boréal, Montreal, Canada, 2011

English translation copyright © 2013 by Robert Majzels

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.

First published as
Pour sûr
in 2011 by Les Éditions du Boréal.

First published in English in 2013 by House of Anansi Press Inc.

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Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Data

Daigle, France

[Pour sûr. English]

For sure / France Daigle ; Robert Majzels, translator.

Translation of: Pour sûr.

Also issued in electronic format.

ISBN 978-1-77089-205-7

I. Majzels, Robert, 1950- II. Title. II. Title: Pour sûr. English.

PS8557.A423P6813 2013 C843'.54 C2012-906280-4

Library of Congress Control Number: 2012949100

Cover design: Bill Douglas

E-bbok design: Erin Mallory

We acknowledge for their financial support of our publishing program the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the Government of Canada through the Canada Book Fund. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada, through the National Translation Program for Book Publishing, for our translation activities.