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 ...
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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.
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Very GOOD in NONE jacket. Size: 7x5x0; Clean, unmarked, tight spine and flat pages. A few previously dog-eared pages. Scuffed covers with small bumped corners.
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Used Good. Wear to cover and edges, slightly bumped corners. Pages have minimal tanning along edges. Firefly Bookstore sells items online and in our store front. We try to add images and descriptions when we can, but if you need additional information or photos of the books we list, please contact us.
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Toronto, McClelland and Stewart, 1957, First edition stated, Very Good in Fair dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, spine color faded. Dustjacket rubbed, edge chips, short closed tears, fading and a small dark spot to spine, in new Brodart sleeve. This fourth book from the award-winning Canadian author of The Tin Flute, Where Nests the Water Hen, and The Cashier, recounts stories of her early years in rural Manitoba.