Percé, P.Q., 1969, un mystérieux cuirassé mouille à quelques brasses du fameux rocher. Son équipage ? Un bataillon de femmes venues des quatre coins du globe et porteuses d'un projet aussi inouï que secret. Parmi toutes les femmes qui observent ce spectacle singulier, Agnès, nouvellement exilée de Montréal, et sa logeuse, madame Sergerie, se sentent particulièrement interpelées par la mission de cette étonnante troupe toute d'orange vêtue. On retrouve Jean-Michel Fortier au sommet de son art, dont on reconnaît immédiatement les intrigues finement construites, les personnages délicieusement décalés et la plume unique. C'est à l'aube de la révolution féministe - et à ses inévitables bouleversements collatéraux - que nous convie ce roman inoubliable et truffé de scènes fantaisistes. Et si la révolution ne passait pas nécessairement par la voie collective attendue ?

Plongez dans l'été 2003 avec Tout me revient maintenant, un roman d'apprentissage tendre et drôle où Colin, 17 ans, navigue entre amitié, premier amour et quête d'identité.

Colin est un ado comme les autres, ou presque. Entre les longues journées au collège à pester contre les Guillaume et Catherine de sa classe et les week-ends coincés entre ses ringards de parents et la boutique de bébelles où il travaille pour un peu d'argent de poche, il peut heureusement compter sur sa meilleure amie Eugénie pour tromper l'ennui. Ensemble, ils jouent à la Nintendo 64 et rêvent de l'avenir tout en appréhendant l'entrée au cégep l'an prochain. Et, surtout, ils écoutent des disques de Céline Dion. Car Colin a une obsession : Céline, la seule capable de poser les mots sur ses tourments. Les garçons normaux n'écoutent pas ça dit-on, mais Colin s'en sacre - c'est elle et lui contre les gros fake de son école. Enfin, ça c'était avant la rencontre avec Yann Moreau. Car depuis le party organisé par son poche de frère, Colin ne rêve que de Yann et ses airs de Jack dans Titanic. Un roman d'apprentissage doux et acidulé, et le portrait mélancolique des années 2000, le temps d'un été à attendre l'amour dans les suburbs de Montréal.

Plongez dans l'été 2003 avec Colin, 17 ans, entre Céline Dion en secret, premiers émois et quête d'identité. Un roman d'apprentissage tendre et drôle, portrait vibrant des suburbs de Montréal et de l'adolescence gay.

Percé, P.Q., 1969, un mystérieux cuirassé mouille à quelques brasses du fameux rocher. Son équipage ? Un bataillon de femmes venues des quatre coins du globe et porteuses d'un projet aussi inouï que secret. Parmi toutes les femmes qui observent ce spectacle singulier, Agnès, nouvellement exilée de Montréal, et sa logeuse, madame Sergerie, se sentent particulièrement interpelées par la mission de cette étonnante troupe toute d'orange vêtue. On retrouve Jean-Michel Fortier au sommet de son art, dont on reconnaît immédiatement les intrigues finement construites, les personnages délicieusement décalés et la plume unique. C'est à l'aube de la révolution féministe - et à ses inévitables bouleversements collatéraux - que nous convie ce roman inoubliable et truffé de scènes fantaisistes. Et si la révolution ne passait pas nécessairement par la voie collective attendue ?

A surprise return home triggers a chain of events, their strands weaving together a sinister web of dreams and reality, truth and lies, secrets and spells. Following in the tradition of Fortier's absurdist first novel, The Unknown Huntsman, this is a dark and offbeat tale about lost love, lost dreams, and one lost limb. Through its fine translation by Katherine Hastings, The Electric Baths's exquisite language and wry omniscience result in a dark, delightful landscape of curious happenings. (, Foreword Reviews) The citizens of this community are dealing with an uncanny series of events and emotions that are puzzling and in many cases hard to define. [] unique. (Steven Buechler, The Library of Pacific Tranquility) Fortier (The Unknown Huntsman) threads reality with dreams in this enchanting tale about a small unnamed village full eccentric characters and secrets [] slim and wispy with curious characters and effortless prose. (Publishers Weekly) The Electric Baths is a clever book where we're only really sure what's happening when it's finally over [] a fun, enjoyable read (Tony Malone, Tony's Reading List) It would be remiss not to mention Fortier's style, his originality, his colourfulness. His influences? I could go in a few different directions: Fred Pellerin, Michel Tremblay, Jacques Ferron all of them good! It makes you want to go back and read his first novel, and to hope there's another on its way. (Martin Prévost, pieuvre.ca) The latest, second novel by Jean-Michel Fortier was highly anticipated for good reason: with The Unknown Huntsman, its predecessor, Fortier created a world all his own, a world composed of mystery and intrigue in a far-flung, unnamed village, scrambling all our points of reference and using subtle, sardonic humour to take great delight in fiddling with language and narrative techniques. (Jean-Sébastien Doré, Impact Campus)

There's no shortage of intrigue in this offbeat debut novel by Jean-Michel Fortier: an unnamed village, a strange and anonymous narrator, an unsolved murder, a mysterious huntsman, and a wisdom tooth extraction gone terribly wrong. The "we" narrator's rambling and often ironic musings are unsettling at first, and the atmosphere vaguely claustrophobic as the tale shifts back and forth between Monday meetings at the parish hall, where villagers air their petty complaints, and their Friday gatherings shrouded in secrecy and presided over by the enigmatic Professor. A bewitching story full of dark humour and laugh-out-loud absurdity.

It's 2003 and Colin and his best friend Eugénie arelike every other teenager in Sainte-Foywaiting for the bus, hanging out at the mall, logging onto MSN, working weekend shifts, steering clear of their parents, and trying not to be rejects as they navigate their school's social hierarchies. Colin has two secrets: he's obsessed with Céline Dion, and he likes Yann, his older brother's friend. To be or not to be fake; for Colin, that's the question, and his heart wavers somewhere between silence, ambiguity, and truth. Whimsical and provocative, It's All Coming Back to Me Now is a heartfelt and timeless coming-of-age story. Originally from Quebec City, Jean-Michel Fortier studied literature at l'Université Laval and film at l'Université de Montréal. He is the author of Le chasseur inconnu (The Unknown Huntsman), Les bains électriques (The Electric Baths), La révolution d'Agnès. It's All Coming Back to Me Now, the English translation of Tout me revient maintenant, is his fourth novel. He lives in Québec City. Jonathan Kaplansky received a BA from Tufts University, an MA in French Language and Literature from McGill University, and an MA in Translation from the University of Ottawa. Kaplansky won the French Voices Award to translate Annie Ernaux's Things Seen (La vie extérieure), and recently translated the libretto for an opera by Hélène Dorion and Marie-Claire Blais: Yourcenar: une île de passions. He lives in Montreal. Reviews and Praise Poignant and hilarious, often on the same page, It's All Coming Back to Me Now is an extremely touching, first-person coming-of-age novel, a vibrant hymn to adolescence, to its great joys as well as its worst torments. Christian Saint-Pierre, Le Devoir Praise for The Electric Baths Through its fine translation by Katherine Hastings, The Electric Baths's exquisite language and wry omniscience result in a dark, delightful landscape of curious happenings. (, Foreword Reviews) Fortier (The Unknown Huntsman) threads reality with dreams in this enchanting tale about a small unnamed village full eccentric characters and secrets [] slim and wispy with curious characters and effortless prose. (Publishers Weekly) The Electric Baths is a clever book where we're only really sure what's happening when it's finally over [] a fun, enjoyable read (Tony Malone, Tony's Reading List)