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Kamouraska

Author : Anne Hébert
Publisher : House of Anansi
ISBN 13 : 1770892680
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Kamouraska written by Anne Hébert and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic of Canadian literature by the great Quebecoise writer, Kamouraska is based on a real nineteenth-century love-triangle in rural Quebec. It paints a poetic and terrifying tableau of the life of Elisabeth d'Aulnieres: her marriage to Antoine Tassy, squire of Kamouraska; his violent murder; and her passion for George Nelson, an American doctor. Passionate and evocative, Kamouraska is the timeless story of one woman's destructive commitment to an ideal love. Translated into seven languages, Kamouraska won the Paris book prize and was made into a landmark feature film by Claude Jutra. This edition features a brilliant new introduction by Noah Richler.

Bury Your Dead

Author : Louise Penny
Publisher : Minotaur Books
ISBN 13 : 1429945524
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Bury Your Dead written by Louise Penny and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2011-08-02 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bury Your Dead is a novel about life and death—and all the mystery that remains—from #1 New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny Chief Inspector Armand Gamache is on break from duty in Three Pines to attend the famed Winter Carnival up north. He has arrived in this beautiful, freezing city not to join the revels but to recover from an investigation gone hauntingly wrong. Still, violent death is inescapable—even here, in the apparent sanctuary of the Literary and Historical Society, where one obsessive academic’s quest for answers will lead Gamache down a dark path. . . Meanwhile, Gamache is receiving disturbing news from his hometown village. Beloved bistro owner Olivier was recently convicted of murder but everyone—including Gamache—believes that he is innocent. Who is behind this sinister plot? Now it’s up to Gamache to solve this killer case. . .and relive a terrible event from his own past before he can begin to bury his dead. “Few writers in any genre can match Penny’s ability to combine heartbreak and hope.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Shadows on the Rock

Author : Willa Cather
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (418 download)

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Download or read book Shadows on the Rock written by Willa Cather and published by BoD - Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-11-05 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Shadows on the Rock" is a historical novel written by the American author Willa Cather. The book was published in 1931 and is set in the 17th century in colonial New France, specifically in Quebec City. The novel focuses on the lives of the early French settlers and the challenges they faced while establishing a life in the rugged wilderness of North America. The central character is Cécile Auclair, a young girl who, with her father, makes the difficult journey from France to Quebec to join her mother. The novel provides a vivid portrayal of daily life, relationships, and the interactions between the French settlers and the indigenous people of the region. "Shadows on the Rock" is known for its rich historical detail and evocative descriptions of the landscape and characters. Willa Cather's storytelling captures the enduring spirit and resilience of the early settlers in North America. The novel is celebrated for its historical accuracy and its exploration of the human experience in a challenging and often harsh environment.

Intimate Strangers

Author : Matt Cohen
Publisher : Markham, Ont. : Penguin Books Canada
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Intimate Strangers written by Matt Cohen and published by Markham, Ont. : Penguin Books Canada. This book was released on 1986 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

No Great Mischief

Author : Alistair MacLeod
Publisher : Emblem Editions
ISBN 13 : 1551995476
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book No Great Mischief written by Alistair MacLeod and published by Emblem Editions. This book was released on 2012-01-11 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexander MacDonald guides us through his family’s mythic past as he recollects the heroic stories of his people: loggers, miners, drinkers, adventurers; men forever in exile, forever linked to their clan. There is the legendary patriarch who left the Scottish Highlands in 1779 and resettled in “the land of trees,” where his descendents became a separate Nova Scotia clan. There is the team of brothers and cousins, expert miners in demand around the world for their dangerous skills. And there is Alexander and his twin sister, who have left Cape Breton and prospered, yet are haunted by the past. Elegiac, hypnotic, by turns joyful and sad, No Great Mischief is a spellbinding story of family, loyalty, exile, and of the blood ties that bind us, generations later, to the land from which our ancestors came.

Mister Roger and Me

Author : Marie-Renée Lavoie
Publisher : House of Anansi
ISBN 13 : 1770892036
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Mister Roger and Me written by Marie-Renée Lavoie and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2012-09-05 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Helen, alias "Joe," would rather be a boy and have all kinds of adventures like Lady Oscar, her favourite cartoon heroine. She daydreams about living in another time and achieving great things, but she must be content delivering newspapers and working at the bingo hall. After all, she is only eight years old, even though she claims to be ten. When Roger, an old man who drinks like a fish, swears like a sailor, and dreams about dying, moves into the working-class neighbourhood where Helen lives with her family, the two make uneasy acquaintances. But, after a series of scary and disturbing events, an unlikely friendship develops — one that changes them both forever. A stunning debut novel in the spirit of The Flying Troutmans by Miriam Toews, Mister Roger and Me perfectly captures the irony, innocence, heartbreak, and humour of childhood.

The Dishwasher

Author : Stéphane Larue
Publisher : Biblioasis
ISBN 13 : 1771962704
Total Pages : 447 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (719 download)

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Download or read book The Dishwasher written by Stéphane Larue and published by Biblioasis. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WINNER OF THE AMAZON CANADA FIRST NOVEL AWARD • NOMINATED FOR CANADA READS • A NEW YORK TIMES NEW & NOTEWORTHY BOOK • A NOW MAGAZINE BEST BOOK TO READ FOR SUMMER 2019 • As heard on CBC's The Sunday Edition with Michael Enright It’s October in Montreal, 2002, and winter is coming on fast. Past due on his first freelance gig and ensnared in lies to his family and friends, a graphic design student with a gambling addiction goes after the first job that promises a paycheck: dishwasher at the sophisticated La Trattoria. Though he feels out of place in the posh dining room, warned by the manager not to enter through the front and coolly assessed by the waitstaff in their tailored shirts, nothing could have prepared him for the tension and noise of the kitchen, or the dishpit’s clamor and steam. Thrust on his first night into a roiling cast of characters all moving with the whirlwind speed of the evening rush, it’s not long before he finds himself in over his head once again. A vivid, magnificent debut, with a soundtrack by Iron Maiden, The Dishwasher plunges us into a world in which everyone depends on each other—for better and for worse.

A Short History of Quebec

Author : John Alexander Dickinson
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773534393
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book A Short History of Quebec written by John Alexander Dickinson and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2008 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by two of Quebec's most respected historians, A Short History of Quebec offers a concise yet comprehensive overview of the province from the pre-contact native period to the present-day. John A. Dickinson and Brian Young bring a refreshing perspective to the history of Quebec, focusing on the social and economic development of the region as well as the identity issues of its diverse peoples. This revised fourth edition covers Quebec's recent political history and includes an updated bibliography and chronology and new illustrations. A Canadian classic, A Short History of Quebec now takes into account such issues as the 1995 referendum, recent ideological shifts and societal changes, considers Quebec's place in North America in the light of NAFTA, and offers reflections on the Grard Bouchard-Charles Taylor Commission on Accommodation and Cultural Differences in 2008. Engagingly written, this expanded and updated fourth edition is an ideal place to learn about the dynamic history of Quebec.

The Forgotten Daughter

Author : Joanna Goodman
Publisher : Harper Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9780062998316
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (983 download)

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Download or read book The Forgotten Daughter written by Joanna Goodman and published by Harper Paperbacks. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Jojo Moyes, from the bestselling author of The Home for Unwanted Girls, comes another compulsively readable story of love and friendship, following the lives of two women reckoning with their pasts and the choices that will define their futures. Divided by their past, united by love. 1992: French-Canadian factions renew Quebec's fight to gain independence, and wild, beautiful Véronique Fortin, daughter of a radical separatist convicted of kidnapping and murdering a prominent politician in 1970, has embraced her father's cause. So it is a surprise when she falls for James Phénix, a journalist of French-Canadian heritage who opposes Quebec separatism. Their love affair is as passionate as it is turbulent, as they negotiate a constant struggle between love and morals. At the same time, James's older sister, Elodie Phénix, one of the Duplessis Orphans, becomes involved with a coalition demanding justice and reparations for their suffering in the 1950s when Quebec's orphanages were converted to mental hospitals, a heinous political act of Premier Maurice Duplessis which affected 5,000 children. Véronique is the only person Elodie can rely on as she fights for retribution, reliving her trauma, while Elodie becomes a sisterly presence for Véronique, who continues to struggle with her family's legacy. The Forgotten Daughter is a moving portrait of true love, familial bonds, and persistence in the face of injustice. As each character is pushed to their moral brink, they will discover exactly which lines they'll cross--and just how far they'll go for what they believe in.

Science Fiction from Quebec

Author : Amy J. Ransom
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 078643824X
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Science Fiction from Quebec written by Amy J. Ransom and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-05-20 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first book-length study of French-language science fiction from Canada provides an introduction to the subgenre known as "SFQ" (science fiction from Quebec). In addition, it offers in-depth analyses of SFQ sagas by Jacques Brossard, Esther Rochon, and Elisabeth Vonarburg. It demonstrates how these multivolume narratives of colonization and postcolonial societies exploit themes typical of postcolonial literatures, including the denunciation of oppressive colonial systems, the utopian hope for a better future, and the celebration of tolerant pluralistic societies. A bibliography of SFQ available in English translation is included.

A People's History of Quebec

Author : Jacques Lacoursière
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780981240503
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book A People's History of Quebec written by Jacques Lacoursière and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revealing a little-known part of North American history, this lively guide tells the fascinating tale of the settlement of the St. Lawrence Valley. It also tells of the Montreal and Quebec-based explorers and traders who traveled, mapped, and inhabited a very large part of North America, and "embrothered the peoples" they met, as Jack Kerouac wrote.Connecting everyday life to the events that emerged as historical turning points in the life of a people, this book sheds new light on Quebec's 450-year history--and on the historical forces that lie behind its two recent efforts to gain independence.

Quebec

Author : Tim Castano
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780999461785
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (617 download)

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Download or read book Quebec written by Tim Castano and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sudden swerve leads a man to seek guidance along a path often traveled by his mother, who herself faces a challenge she cannot overcome. An unexpected divorce strikes a late-thirties man, just as his mother enters the latter stages of Alzheimer's disease. The convergence of events creates painful, humorous and uplifting moments, with mother and child refashioning their bond according to the terms set by her advancing illness. Lost and frustrated as the months pass, the son flies to Quebec to visit the shrine of Saint Anne, where his mother had prayed for direction throughout her life. More resigned than faithful, he recalls along his journey the absence, confusion, understanding, resilience and friendship discovered while rebuilding his existence. Ultimately, he receives from his mother a gift of devotion and insight, one he presumed she no longer could deliver.

What is Québécois Literature?

Author : Rosemary Chapman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 1846319730
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (463 download)

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Download or read book What is Québécois Literature? written by Rosemary Chapman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question 'What is Québécois literature?' might seem innocent and easily answerable. But as Rosemary Chapman shows in this compelling study, answering that question requires no less than the charting of the entire cultural history of French Canada, the contextualizing of francophone writing in Canada within postcolonialism, and the challenging of literary history to rethink its nation-based framework. Brilliantly navigating these ambitions, she provides the first major literary history of Québec, what will be compulsory reading for scholars in francophone postcolonial studies and an ideal introduction for anglophone scholars of Canadian literature.

Literature and Painting In Quebec

Author : William J. Berg
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442698306
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (426 download)

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Download or read book Literature and Painting In Quebec written by William J. Berg and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2013-02-04 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique study explores how Quebec's landscapes have been represented in both literature and visual art throughout the centuries, from the writing of early explorers such as Cartier and Champlain to work by prominent contemporary authors and artists from the province. William J. Berg traces recurrent images and themes within these creations through the most significant periods in the development of a Quebecois identity that was threatened initially by the wilderness and indigenous populations, and later by the dominance of British and American influences. Focusing on the interplay between nature and culture in landscape representation, Literature and Painting in Quebec contends that both have reflected and fashioned the meaning of French-Canadian nationhood. As such, Literature and Painting in Quebec presents a new perspective to approach the notion of national identity, a quest that few groups have engaged in more persistently than the Quebecois.

The Sense of the Sacred in the Early Novels of Quebec

Author : Lisa M. Gasbarrone
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0228022479
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book The Sense of the Sacred in the Early Novels of Quebec written by Lisa M. Gasbarrone and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2024-10-15 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quebec’s early novels are full of sacred themes and motifs – devotional objects and practices, parables and scripture, priests and nuns, transcendence, divinity, and eternity. Yet the critical gaze of the past fifty years has seldom engaged the idea of the sacred in a sustained way. Indeed the presence of the sacred has alienated modern and postmodern readers who ignore or downplay its significance, leading to misguided assessments of these works as mediocre and even unreadable for contemporary audiences. The Sense of the Sacred in the Early Novels of Quebec reexamines seven classic novels at the foundations of Quebec’s national literature: Patrice Lacombe’s La Terre paternelle (1846), P.-J.-O. Chauveau’s Charles Guérin (1853), Antoine Gérin-Lajoie’s Jean Rivard (1874), Philippe Aubert de Gaspé’s Les Anciens Canadiens (1863), Laure Conan’s Angéline de Montbrun (1884), Louis Hémon’s Maria Chapdelaine (1916), and Félix-Antoine Savard’s Menaud, maître-draveur (1937). Through chapters that focus on sacred themes, character analysis, narrative temporalities, and the hermeneutics of the sacred, Lisa Gasbarrone demonstrates that these novels are more nuanced and innovative than their reputation has allowed. *The Sense of the Sacred in the Early Novels of Quebec *reintroduces readers to classic works of French-Canadian literature that ironically and provocatively cast their quarrel with modernity in that essentially modern form: the novel.

Voices of Exile in Contemporary Canadian Francophone Literature

Author : Elizabeth Dahab
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 073911879X
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Voices of Exile in Contemporary Canadian Francophone Literature written by Elizabeth Dahab and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever since Bessie Smith's powerful voice conspired with the "race records" industry to make her a star in the 1920s, African American writers have memorialized the sounds and theorized the politics of black women's singing. In Black Resonance, Emily J. Lordi analyzes writings by Richard Wright, Ralph Ellison, James Baldwin, Gayl Jones, and Nikki Giovanni that engage such iconic singers as Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Mahalia Jackson, and Aretha Franklin. Focusing on two generations of artists from the 1920s to the 1970s, Black Resonance reveals a musical-literary tradition in which singers and writers, faced with similar challenges and harboring similar aims, developed comparable expressive techniques. Drawing together such seemingly disparate works as Bessie Smith's blues and Richard Wright's neglected film of Native Son, Mahalia Jackson's gospel music and Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man, each chapter pairs one writer with one singer to crystallize the artistic practice they share: lyricism, sincerity, understatement, haunting, and the creation of a signature voice. In the process, Lordi demonstrates that popular female singers are not passive muses with raw, natural, or ineffable talent. Rather, they are experimental artists who innovate black expressive possibilities right alongside their literary peers. The first study of black music and literature to centralize the music of black women, Black Resonance offers new ways of reading and hearing some of the twentieth century's most beloved and challenging voices.

The Literary Vision of Gabrielle Roy

Author : Paula Gilbert Lewis
Publisher : Summa Publications, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780917786051
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book The Literary Vision of Gabrielle Roy written by Paula Gilbert Lewis and published by Summa Publications, Inc.. This book was released on 1984 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: