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The Tin Flute: A Bitter Sweet Love Story
by Roy, Gabrielle
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Burlington, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
NY: Reynal & Hitchcock. 1947. HARDCOVER. 5x8". DJ; 315pg pages; A Tale of Modern French-Canadian life. " Montreal poverty.
From Wikipedia: The Tin Flute (original French title Bonheur d'occasion, "secondhand happiness"), is Gabrielle Roy's first novel, a classic of Canadian fiction. Imbued with Roy's brand of compassion and understanding, this story focuses on a family in the Saint-Henri slums of Montreal, its struggles to overcome poverty and ignorance, and its search for love.
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Synopsis
Gabrielle Roy was born in St. Boniface, Manitoba, in 1909. Her parents were part of the large Quebec emigration to western Canada in the late nineteenth century. The youngest of eight children, she studied in a convent school for twelve years, then taught school herself, first in isolated Manitoba villages and later in St. Boniface. In 1937 Roy travelled to Europe to study drama, and during two years spent in London and Paris she began her writing career. The approaching war forced her to return to Canada, and she settled in Montreal. Roy’s first novel, The Tin Flute , ushered in a new era of realism in Quebec fiction with its compassionate depiction of a working-class family in Montreal’s Saint-Henri district. Her later fiction often turned for its inspiration to the Manitoba of her childhood and her teaching career. In 1947 Roy married Dr. Marcel Carbotte, and after a few years in France, they settled in Quebec City, which was to remain their home. Roy complemented her fiction with essays, reflective recollections, and three children’s books. Her many honours include three Governor General’s Awards, France’s Prix Fémina, and Quebec’s Prix David. Gabrielle Roy died in Quebec City, Quebec, in 1983.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Douglas Lord
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 145
- Title
- The Tin Flute
- Author
- Roy, Gabrielle
- Format/Binding
- Tight, endcap broken
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Reynal & Hitchcock
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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