The Tin Flute
by Roy, Gabrielle
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Good
- Seller
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Arden, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Good. A Bitter-Sweet Love Story. Translated from the French by Hannah Josephson. DJ has some edge wear with chipping to top/bot of spine. There is also a small po signature on the FFEP, dated "Xmas 1947". The RFEP has a small store stamp "A. H. Jarvis, The Bookstore, 157 BANK STREET" at the base near the gutter.
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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- Bookseller
- WhoByBooks
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000602
- Title
- The Tin Flute
- Author
- Roy, Gabrielle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 2nd Printing
- Publisher
- Reynal & Hitchcock
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1947
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
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