Anne-Marie Saint-Cerny

A Train in the Night

The Tragedy of Lac-Megantic
Illustrator: Quesnel, Christian / Übersetzer: Wilson, W. Donald

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Produktbeschreibung

On a summer night in 2013, a runaway train loaded with explosive oil derailed in the small town of Lac-Megantic, Quebec. One of the deadliest rail disasters in Canadian history, Lac-Megantic stands as a haunting narrative of how the powerful profit from collective tragedy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Between the Lines
• Seitenzahl: 104
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 286mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 390g
• ISBN-13: 9781771136105
• ISBN-10: 1771136103
• Artikelnr.: 64292228

Autorenporträt

Author, researcher, and activist Anne-Marie Saint-Cerny arrived at the site of the Lac-Mégantic tragedy five days after it occurred. Her book-length piece of investigative journalism, Mégantic: A Deadly Mix of Oil, Rail, and Avarice (Talonbooks, 2020), was in its original French edition the winner of the 2018 prix Pierre-Vadeboncoeur, a finalist for the 2018 Governor General's Literary Awards for Non-Fiction, and listed for the 2019 Prix des libraires. She has been a social and environmental activist in various NGOs for over thirty-five years. She lives in Val-David, Quebec.