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The Tin Flute
by Roy, Gabrielle
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada
Item Price
NZ$21.46NZ$12.88
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About This Item
Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Limited, 1972. New Canadian N5. Reading copy only, showing some wear and tear but remains immensely readable.. 10th Paperback Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Fair/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Synopsis
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookmarc Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017539
- Title
- The Tin Flute
- Author
- Roy, Gabrielle
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 10th Paperback Printing
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart Limited
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1972
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Canada; Classic/Collectible; Fiction;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6�" - 7�" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bookmarc Books
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Campbell River, British Columbia
About Bookmarc Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
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