An inspired work which finds its voice in the basic language of the human heart. Dust Over the City has earned itself an enduring position in the literature of French Canada and of Canada as a whole. With characters and action securely rooted in the contemporary realities of a small Quebec mining town Andre Langevin extends his story's scope to a broad range of universal themes. Rich in dramatic intensity, powered by an artful and immediate narrative that's woven with sensitive imagery, the novel is a stirring evocation of the tragic effects that a cowed and stified society can have upon the qualities of exuberant spontaneity and delighted intoxication with love