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- Author: Poteet, Maurice (rédacteur)
Date: 1987
Language: fr
Find in a Library: 19724424
De textes fictives et non-, une grande collection qui commence à expliquer le phénomène de l'exode canadien-français aux Etats-Unis. Contiens des pièces de Pierre Anctil, Josaphat Benoit, A. Bourbonnière,…
- Author: Poulin, Jacques
Date: 1984
Language: English (traduction du français)
Find in a Library: 48670997
1984 best-selling Québec novel about two new-found friends traveling across the roads of Canada and the United States - from Gaspé to San Francisco - in search of one's brother. Infused with histories of Native Americans, French colonization,…
- Author: Plante, David
Date: 2005
Language: English
Find in a Library: 55131479
A memoir from prose writer David Plante. An exploration of identity with respect to language, the power of Catholic traditions, and the pull of sex, moving with the author from his Providence, Rhode Island, hometown through Europe and back again.…
- Author: Parsons, Vivian (LaJeunesse)
Date: 1941
Language: en
Find in a Library: 4207548
Open Library: OL6420912M
Novel set in an American ore-mining town at the end of the 19th century. Begins with Père La Tendresse sending his son, Joseph, from their farm near Trois-Rivières, Québec to work for a time in the United States, in Michigan's Upper…
- Author: Metalious, Grace
Date: 1963
Language: English
Find in a Library: 1289572
Novel about the French-Canadian Bergeron family, its transition and adaption into American society through work and community in upstate New York. Written by the author of the story, "Peyton Place," that became the basis for a long-running television…
- Author: Meloy, Maile
Date: 2003
Language: English
Find in a Library: 50591256
From Simon and Schuster: "With her first novel, 'Liars and Saints,' award-winning author Maile Meloy more than delivers on the promise of her highly acclaimed debut story collection, 'Half in Love.' This richly textured novel tells a story of sex…
- Author: Leland, John
Date: 2007
Language: English
Find in a Library: 83758819
Critical study of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" through the lens of its author and one of its main characters.
From Viking Press: "In 'Why Kerouac Matters,' John Leland embarks on a wry, insightful, and playful discussion of the novel ['On the…
- Author: Ledoux, Denis
Date: 1988
Language: English
Find in a Library: 18787563
Ledoux has woven a tapestry of vignettes all coming to a seam at self-reflection. 'What Became of Them' is a collection of short stories that spans a century of Franco America, its cultural mutations, and its burdening self-absorption. Ledoux finds a…
- Author: Kerouac, Jack
Date: 1963
Language: English
Find in a Library: 5887038
Auto/biographical novel about Gerard - Jack Kerouac's older brother - whose personality, illness, and death at a young age shaped the early part of Jack's life. An early piece of the "Duluoz Legend."
- Author: Kerouac, Jack
Date: 1960
Language: English
Find in a Library: 24871127
Originally published in 1960, "Tristessa" is a short novel that reflects on Jack's life in Mexico City and the people around him - particularly the woman of his admiration, the novel's title character. This is another later installment of the…