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The Tin Flute

The Tin Flute

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The Tin Flute

by Gabrielle Roy

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  • Paperback
Condition
GOOD
ISBN 10
0771091052
ISBN 13
9780771091056
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Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1981. Mass Market Paperback. GOOD. Opening crease to front cover along spine. Diagonal crease to upper front corner. Pages are tanned. Moderate shelf wear. No writing, highlighting, or underlining. Binding is tight. New Canadian Library N5. -- Please feel free to ask for additional information, or detailed photos. US orders ship USPS from Niagara Falls, NY. Canadian orders ship from Ontario.

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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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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
The Tin Flute
Author
Gabrielle Roy
Format/Binding
Mass Market Paperback
Book Condition
Used - GOOD
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0771091052
ISBN 13
9780771091056
Publisher
McClelland & Stewart
Place of Publication
Toronto
Date Published
1981
Bookseller catalogs
Literature & Fiction - Canadian;

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