{"product_id":"the-origin-of-the-future-paperback","title":"The Origin of the Future - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJonathan Kaplansky\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eFrancis Catalano\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe not-often seen together combination of poetic writing interspersed with historical events and modern-day occurrences with a view to the future marks Francis Catalano's work as noteworthy. Québec's past is vividly imagined, and The Origin of the Future reveals the author's background as a poet as he creates a kind of road trip partway between an essay and a novel. The narrator looks for what has come before him, what has shaped him. There is authenticity in this eclectic mixture of the present day and history, and courage in forging new territory to create an unusually original work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe central figure of \u003ci\u003eThe Origin of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e is North America. It talks about the origins of the continent: geological (before human beings), human origins (migration of people from Asia), colonial origins (the arrival of Europeans) and the origin of the author's own presence in North America. Catalano lends his voice to his ancestors, to his Italian grandfather, to his son ... who speak through him to tell their little story in America while History is told using a more enigmatic or poetic text, between each chapter. Then come the great outdoors of America, migrations, road trips, family.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePoet, novelist, short story writer and essayist born in Montreal, Francis Catalano won the Quebecor Prize of the Trois-Rivières International Poetry Festival for \u003ci\u003eQu'une lueur des lieux\u003c\/i\u003e (2010) and the La Métropole Prize of Excellence for \u003ci\u003eClimax\u003c\/i\u003e (2022). As a translator of Italian poetry, he won the John Glassco Prize in 2006 for \u003ci\u003eInstructions pour la lecture d'un journal de Valerio Magrelli\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Kaplansky is a literary translator of French in Montreal and won a French Voices Award to translate Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux's \u003ci\u003eThings Seen\u003c\/i\u003e and was shortlisted for the David Booth Award for Jonathan Bécotte's \u003ci\u003eLike a Hurricane\u003c\/i\u003e. He has also translated works \u003ci\u003eHélène Dorion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLise Gauvin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLouis- Philippe Hébert\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHélène Rioux\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLise Tremblay\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 250\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.39 x 7.95 x 4.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 31, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47267262169337,"sku":"9781771839495","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/NhfuDzBsfc9781771839495.webp?v=1768862605","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-origin-of-the-future-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}