Rosa Ost grows up in Notre-Dame-du-Cachalot, a tiny village at the end of the world, where two industries are king: paper and Boredom. The only daughter of Terese Ost (a fair-to-middling trade unionist and a first-rate Scrabble player...
Literature
- Author:Dupont, EricSummary:
- Author:Mallory, EnidSummary:
In 1907, a shy bank clerk sent a collection of his poems south from the Yukon to be privately published and shared with a small group of friends. Fate intervened, however, and Robert Service became a household name across North America...
- Author:Richards, David AdamsSummary:
In this provocative essay, David Adams Richards brings together his ideas about writing -- how great works of literature are created, the writer's essential position as an outsider, and the difficulties writers experience in the pursuit...
- Author:Henry, EmilySummary:
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! A TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON SUMMER READS NOMINEE! Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2021 by Newsweek ∙ Oprah Magazine ∙ The Skimm ∙ Marie Claire ∙ Parade ∙ The Wall Street Journal ∙ Chicago...
- Author:Glaze, Dave, Johnson, BillSummary:
Sandra, a young girl from a small northern community, is forced to leave everything she knows behind when the loss of her father's job brings them to the city.
Finding the city a lonely place, Sandra seeks solace at the river...
- Author:Crate, JoanSummary:
In powerful language that reflects the conflicts between the primitive and the sophisticated, Joan Crate redreams the passions which animated and tormented her famous predecessor. Part white, part Mohawk princess, Pauline Johnson /...
- Author:Le Guin, Ursula K.Summary:
From acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, and with an introduction by Karen Joy Fowler, a collection of thoughts-always adroit, often acerbic-on aging, belief, the state of literature, and the state of the nation. Ursula K. Le Guin has...
- Author:Atwood, MargaretSummary:
The most precious treasure of this collection is that it gives us the rich back-story and diverse range of influences on Margaret Atwood's work. From the aunts who encouraged her nascent writing career to the influence of George Orwell'...
- Author:Lebel, Pierre-MathieuSummary:
« La géographie, ça s’apprend par les pieds », disait Raoul Blanchard. Lorsqu’il s’agira de communiquer l’expérience de la ville, cependant, on n’aura sans doute pas de mal à dénicher un romancier pour dire que le roman est capable de...
- Author:Washington, BryanSummary:
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK
Named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Vanity Fair, O, the Oprah Magazine...
- Author:Carrière, MarieSummary:
Le mythe de l'infanticide Médée a toujours connu une fortune littéraire et la littérature féminine contemporaine ne fait pas exception. L'analyse comparée de huit textes de femmes de divers horizons tente de cerner les enjeux...
- Author:Vézina, MartinSummary:
Dans les nouvelles de ce recueil, les thèmes abordés sont classiques et universels : l’amour et la mort, dont les pas complexes s’entremêlent dans un tango déchirant dansé sur la piste souvent trop étroite du quotidien. Les rencontres,...
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- Author:Culler, Jonathan D.Summary:
- Author:Laroche, MadeleineSummary:
Vie quotidienne d'une famille bretonne etablie au Manitoba. Coutumes, humour, croyances et anecdotes sont racontees avec humour dans une langue facile.
- Author:Daudet, AlphonseSummary:
"Adaptées au cinéma, les Lettres de mon moulin doivent autant à Marcel Pagnol qu'à Alphonse Daudet. Aussi, les oeuvres sonores présentées dans ce coffret sont-elles doublement originales. En premier lieu par la réécriture des...
- Author:Kreuter, AaronSummary:
Leaving Other People Alone reads contemporary North American Jewish fiction about Israel/Palestine through an anti-Zionist lens. Aaron Kreuter argues that since Jewish diasporic fiction played a major role in establishing the...
- Author:Vitto, CaraSummary:
Depuis son accident, Julien souffre d'amnésie. Il consulte le docteur Aguilar qui pratique l'hypnose. Il veut se rappeler : que s'est-il passé avec Marc?? Pourquoi son ami est-il mort?? Mais en menant l'enquête,...
- Author:Balian, JulieSummary:
Clarence Paradis, dix-neuf ans, mène chaque jour le même combat. Celui de camoufler ses désordres alimentaires. Ironiquement, elle est sur le point d'hériter du « Goût du Paradis », la pâtisserie de sa grand-mère. Face au dilemme de...