Letourneau's Used Auto Parts (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Carolyn Chute
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Novel
- Time of Work: The 1980's
- Setting: The fictional community of Egypt, in southern Maine
- Principal Characters: Big Lucien Letourneau, Maxine Letourneau, E. Blackstone “Earl” Babbidge, Lillian Greenlaw, June Marie Greenlaw, Crowe Bovey
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Class conflict, Twentieth century, 1980’s, New England, Poverty or poor people, Urbanization, Maine
- Locales: Maine
The world of Letourneau's Used Auto Parts is rich in personalities and tribal history but poor in worldly goods. Carolyn Chute returns to the small town of The Beans of Egypt, Maine (1985), a first novel which won enthusiastic reviews for its no-nonsense depiction of rural poverty. Letourneau's Used Auto Parts paints another populous clan perched on the edge of society. Egypt is not in the “Down East” part of Maine, with its coastal fishing villages. Chute's Maine is inland, near Portland. The Letourneaus belong to the large Franco-American population of...
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