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Book Title
Street of Riches
Publication Name
Street of Riches
Title
Street of Riches
Author
Gabrielle Roy
Translator
Henry Binsse
Contributor
Henry Binsse (Translated by)
Format
Trade Paperback
EAN
9780803289475
ISBN
9780803289475
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Genre
Fiction
Release Year
1993
Release Date
30/11/1993
Language
English
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Item Height
0.6in
Item Length
8in
Publication Year
1993
Topic
General
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
10 oz
Number of Pages
247 Pages

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Semiautobiographical and universal in appeal, Street of Riches is about a young girl's growing up in a suburb of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Here is Christine, the perceptive narrator of The Road Past Altamont (also a Bison Book), awakening to natural and sometimes terrifying beauty, to family history, to the nuances of social life, to sexuality, to selfhood. A mother's romantic yearning for freedom, a father's roving career as an immigration officer, a beautiful sister's early demise, a host of other in very human situations-all contribute to the way Christine will view the world as a writer. Gabrielle Roy has been called the Canadian Willa Cather because of their affinity in style and theme. Street of Riches won both the Governor-General's Award for Fiction and the French Prix Duvernay.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN-10
0803289472
ISBN-13
9780803289475
eBay Product ID (ePID)
510876

Product Key Features

Book Title
Street of Riches
Author
Gabrielle Roy
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General
Publication Year
1993
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
247 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.2in
Item Weight
10 oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Pq3919.R74 R813 1993
Reviews
"The stories vary greatly in mood, in purpose, in length, but never in sensitivity. . . . Some are very amusing and most are touched with humor in delicate ways, but the tone of the whole is of sadness, of lost dreams, of adjusting illusions to life. . . . A lovely and appealing book, written with great skill."- Kirkus, "Miss Roy has applied her special gifts of memory and reflective wit to the French Canadian scene. Once again her sharp observation and way with words create and fix a reality informed by charm and meaning."-- Catholic World, "The stories vary greatly in mood, in purpose, in length, but never in sensitivity. . . . Some are very amusing and most are touched with humor in delicate ways, but the tone of the whole is of sadness, of lost dreams, of adjusting illusions to life. . . . A lovely and appealing book, written with great skill."-- Kirkus, "Miss Roy has applied her special gifts of memory and reflective wit to the French Canadian scene. Once again her sharp observation and way with words create and fix a reality informed by charm and meaning."- Catholic World, "A book of sketches, brief personal essays, reminiscenes, and full stories, all beautifully composed as individual pieces and all coming together, in collective design, as a work of insight, awareness, and illumination. . . . They are a memorable pair, Maman and Papa, deeply seen and beautifully rendered. But indeed all of the persons of this book are rendered with a gentle, exact clarity."- New York Times, ""A book of sketches, brief personal essays, reminiscenes, and full stories, all beautifully composed as individual pieces and all coming together, in collective design, as a work of insight, awareness, and illumination. . . . They are a memorable pair, Maman and Papa, deeply seen and beautifully rendered. But indeed all of the persons of this book are rendered with a gentle, exact clarity.""-- New York Times ""The stories vary greatly in mood, in purpose, in length, but never in sensitivity. . . . Some are very amusing and most are touched with humor in delicate ways, but the tone of the whole is of sadness, of lost dreams, of adjusting illusions to life. . . . A lovely and appealing book, written with great skill.""-- Kirkus ""Miss Roy has applied her special gifts of memory and reflective wit to the French Canadian scene. Once again her sharp observation and way with words create and fix a reality informed by charm and meaning.""-- Catholic World, "A book of sketches, brief personal essays, reminiscenes, and full stories, all beautifully composed as individual pieces and all coming together, in collective design, as a work of insight, awareness, and illumination. . . . They are a memorable pair, Maman and Papa, deeply seen and beautifully rendered. But indeed all of the persons of this book are rendered with a gentle, exact clarity."-- New York Times
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
93-008661
Dewey Decimal
843.91
Dewey Edition
22

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