Curtis tells the story of his relationship with a blind Aunt whose lover, Phillip, a Vancouver artist, died in 1917. Reading aloud to her the diary Phillip kept for a few months before his death, an obsessed Curtis examines parallels to...
General fiction
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Author:Huser, GlenSummary: - Author:Valiquette, FranceSummary:
Mercedes, après avoir accompli la dernière promesse qu’elle avait faite à Ekis, décide d’aller s’installer en Californie, pensant pouvoir réaliser son rêve de pratiquer de la thérapie avec les chevaux. Mais le vieux chef navajo, Takoya...
- Author:Bow, JaneSummary:
Cally is a twenty-five year old business graduate. Her mother, who was born in Crete but has always refused to talk about it, has died, leaving one instruction: before starting her first job, Cally should visit Crete. There she meets...
- Author:Zuniga, DiegoSummary:
A long drive across Chile's Atacama desert, traversing "the worn-out puzzle" of a broken family-a young man's corrosive intimacy with his mother, the obtrusive cheer of his absentee father, his uncle's...
- Author:Ford, RichardSummary:
"First, I'll tell about the robbery our parents committed. Then the murders, which happened later." So begins Canada, the unforgettable story of a boy attempting to find grace, written by the only writer in history to win both the...
- Author:Warkentin, GermaineSummary:
First published by Oxford University Press in 1993, Exploration Literature is a groundbreaking collection of early writing inspired by the opening of a continent.With maps, notes, and thumbnail biographies of these early writers,...
- Author:Dufour-Labbé, Marc-AndréSummary:
Carreauté Kid détonne avec les autres élèves de secondaire quatre : élevé par son père, il est fan de musique grunge, dont il incarne l'esprit jusque dans son style vestimentaire. Solitaire et introverti, il est secrètement...
- Author:Lissner, CarenSummary:
Teen Genius (and Hermit) Carrie Pilby' s To-Do List: 1. List 10 things you love (and do them!) 2. Join a club (and talk to people!) 3. Go on a date (with someone you actually like!) 4. Tell someone you care (your therapist doesn...
- Author:Green, JaneSummary:
An original short story featuring Jemima, the main character from Green's beloved novel Jemima J, and Cat, the main character from her novel Summer Secrets. Fans of these popular characters will be delighted to see them sharing...
- Author:Mallet-Parent, JocelyneSummary:
Trois décès subits, trois départs tragiques, violents, inexpliqués ont tôt fait d'empoisonner la vie de Léa Gauvain. Chaque jour, un geste, une musique, un événement ramènent ses proches à sa mémoire. Rien de tel que des morts qui s'...
- Author:Blechta, RickSummary:
Victoria Morgan, violin virtuoso extraordinaire, and her devoted piano accompanist are on yet another European tour currently stopping in Vienna. While playing to a full house, Tory leaves the stage and disappears in the middle of this...
- Author:Blouin, MikeSummary:
Winner of the 2009 ReLit Award! He saw it. Like one dead eye filmed over. Like a tunnel that would kill you. Like a star coming to explode you. He saw it. Closer and closer. It was morning. It was daylight. He shouldn't be thinking this...
- Author:Laberge, RosetteSummary:
LA CONCLUSION ÉCLATANTE D'UNE SÉRIE RYTHMÉE PAR L'ÉMOTION - Si le rock'n roll a la réputation de semer le bonheur partout où il passe, Laurence commence à penser le contraire sans Béa, sa complice de toujours....
- Author:Crosbie, LynnSummary:
Set in disparate parts of Los Angeles, Chicken uproariously, grievously, relates the collision and inevitably ruinous paths of two incendiary figures. One is the once beautiful and famous Parnell Wilde, a maverick actor arrogant in his...
- Author:Burkowicz, TaslimSummary:
This book is a moving contribution to the growing body of fictional writings about migrants and racialized women across transnational borders. An authentic description of events and stories that is profoundly touching.
- Author:Eco, UmbertoSummary:
A posthumous collection of essays about the modern world from one of Europe's greatest, and best-selling, literary figures Umberto Eco was an international cultural superstar. In this, his last collection, the celebrated essayist...
- Author:Andrew, Suzanne AlyssaSummary:
Nik is an eccentric art student obsessed with painting his dancer girlfriend, Jennifer. When one day she inexplicably disappears, Nik’s world is shattered. Determined to find her, he embarks on a cross-country journey following a scant...
- Author:Helm, MichaelSummary:
In Cities of Refuge, Michael Helm’s keenly anticipated new novel, a single act of violence resonates through several lives, connecting closeby fears to distant political terrors. At the story’s centre is the complex, intensely charged...
- Author:Marello, LauraSummary:
Andrea has an unusual sense of smell. She grows up to be a pheromone researcher for the U.S. Department of Agriculture and a perfume maker in Paris. But one idea haunts her: who is her real father? Is it the man her family says is her...
- Author:Duff, MichelineSummary:
Malgré ses grands talents de flûtiste, la jeune Mireille a renoncé à se produire sur scène. Maintenant bibliothécaire à l'Université de Montréal, elle joue seulement pour le plaisir. Mais tout bascule le jour où Paul...
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