Lamarck, inconnu illustre ? Grand naturaliste français né sous les Lumières et mort sous la restauration, Lamarck est considéré comme le « père » de la première théorie générale de l'évolution, mais dans les pays anglophones on minore son importance, un petit « prédécesseur » de Darwin. Avec le recul son influence ne reste présente que dans la permanence d'une tradition intellectuelle baptisée lamarckisme et néo-lamarckisme, mais c'est un champ intellectuel peu connu. Cet ouvrage se veut un guide pour redécouvrir Lamarck, le lamarckisme, son importance dans l'histoire de la biologie et des sciences de l'évolution.

Beginning with seductive thoughts from Neruda's memorias, and brooding over the legends of the Haida people in British Columbia (the white raven) and Italian superstitions (the black cat), the protagonist transports the reader into the world of Canadian immigration post-WW2. On the one hand, there is the memory never wiped from the mind of the protagonist who returns and sees his old hometown as it once was. Additionally, there is the suffering caused by migration. Like the hunter who, after a few years of living in Canada, returns home to enjoy the fruits of a pension -- and realizes the reality that awaits him is no longer his reality. In a moment of despair, he goes into the woods and takes his own life.

Pietro Corsi's Halifax combines objective history with acute personal observations to create a vibrant portrait of the city (and the country) that has witnessed the arrival of millions of immigrants from around the world. It is the story of one immigrant's feelings as he journeyed from old to new; and it is the story of all immigrants who embark, for one reason or another, on such a journey. {Guernica Editions}