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Summary
(From the publisher):
The eighteen stories in Gabrielle Roy’s Street of Riches centre upon the bittersweet experiences of a young girl growing up in the francophone community of St. Boniface, Manitoba. In the persona of her narrator Christine, Roy transfigures the incidents and characters of her own childhood, reflecting with gentle irony upon her youthful awakening to the beauty and the sorrow of life. Acclaimed upon its original publication in French in 1955, this superb collection infuses the authenticity of memoir with the timeliness and universality of the best imaginative art.
Street of Riches won the Governor General’s Award for 1957.
Contents:
- The Two Negroes
- Petite Misere
- My Pink Hat
- To Prevent a Marriage
- A Bit of Yellow Ribbon
- My Whooping Cough
- The Titanic
- The Gadabouts
- The Well of Dunrea
- Alicia
- My Aunt Theresina Veilleux
- L'Italienne
- Wilhelm
- The Jewels
- The Voice of the Pools
- The Storm
- By Day and by Night
- To Earn My Living...
Original title: Rue Deschambault
Original languages:
French
Quotes:
Genre: Fiction→ General Fiction→ Rural & Small Town Life
Fiction→ General Fiction→ Literary Fiction/classics
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