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The first quarter of the moon
By Michel Tremblay. 1994
Marcel and his cousin experience the mystical arrival of summer on the final day of exams at Ecole Saint-Stanislas. While…
Marcel is in the class for "slow learners," his cousin is part of the "gifted" program. It is only towards the end of exams that Marcel's cousin recognizes Marcel's own special type of genius. Sequel to "The fat woman next door is pregnant." 1994. Uniform title: Premier quartier de la lune.Nikolski
By Nicolas Dickner, Lazer Lederhendler. 2008
Spring 1989. Three young people - Noah, Joyce and an unnamed narrator - leave their far-flung birthplaces to end up…
in Montreal, each on a voyage of self-discovery. A tale that shows the surprising links between garbage-obsessed archeologists, pirates past and present, earthquake victims, sea snakes, several very large tuna fish, an illiterate deep-sea diver, a Commodore 64, a mysterious book with no cover, and a broken compass whose needle obstinately points to the Aleutian village of Nikolski. Descriptions of violence and strong language. Winner of Canada Reads 2010. 2008. Uniform title: Nikolski.Next episode (New Canadian library)
By Sheila Fischman, Hubert Aquin. 2001
As he awaits trial, a young separatist writes an espionage story in the psychiatric ward of the Montreal prison where…
he has been detained. He also reflects on his dissent and distress, and on the political realities of Quebec of the 1960's. First published in 1965. Winner of Canada Reads 2003. 2001. Uniform title: Prochain épisode.Gambler's fallacy
By Judith Elaine Cowan. 2001
A collection of seven stories set in Trois-Rivières, Québec. They feature an erratic cast of ordinarily forgotten folks who have…
fallen through the cracks. These include a woman called Raymonde, who is anxiously awaiting guests to her lover's book launching, and Jacques, a man of simplicity, observing the often unnoticed and underappreciated aspects of daily life. 2001.Charles the Bold: the dog years : a novel (Charles the Bold ; #1)
By Yves Beauchemin, Wayne Grady. 2006
1966. The rest of Montreal is excited by the new subway system, but the birth of Charles Thibodeau is a…
big event for his parents and their east-end Montreal working-class neighbours. Charles endures the death of his mother, the October Crisis, being taken away from his drunken, violent father and becoming part of the Fafard family. His adventures in school, a part-time job and camp lead him to fully earn his title, Charles the Bold. Followed by "Years of fire" (DC31044). Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2006. (Charles the Bold ; 1) Uniform title: Charles le téméraire.Black bird: a novel
By Michel Basilières. 2003
Holed up in a shambling house at the base of Mount Royal is the family Desouche: three generations of English-…
and French-Canadians caught in the gears of a national crisis. When one of the eldest, an Anglo Montrealer, dies at the hand of one of the youngest, a militant separatist, so begins a transformative year of misfortune. 2003.Alone in an untamed land: the filles du Roi diary of Hélène St. Onge (Dear Canada)
By Maxine Trottier. 2002
Hélène St. Onge is a recently orphaned thirteen-year-old girl from France, who sets off for Quebec, or Nouvelle France, in…
1666 as a companion to her older sister Catherine. When Catherine dies on the way, Hélène goes to live at her aunt's tavern, where she learns important skills like how to skin a muskrat, while meeting many of the famous people of the new colony. She hopes the friendships she has made, like with her half-Mohawk friend Kateri, will help her to survive the harsh life and bitter winters of seventeenth century Montreal. Grades 5-8. 2003.A very bold leap (Charles the Bold ; #3)
By Yves Beauchemin, Wayne Grady. 2009
After leaving high school at sixteen, Charles takes the leap and sets out to write The Great Montreal Novel. As…
the pages pile up and his money runs out, Charles takes a series of terrible jobs, while encountering smarmy publishers and the Quebec political scene of the 1980s. Sequel to "Years of fire" (DC31044). Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. 2009. (Charles the bold ; 3) Uniform title: Saut dans le vide.The years of fire (Charles the Bold ; #2)
By Yves Beauchemin, Wayne Grady. 2007
Charles Thibodeau's high school years are truly years of fire: he discovers girls and politics. Fire also changes his life…
when his estranged father threatens his stepfather's store with arson. Charles must begin dealing drugs to pay him off, desperate to escape that life and fulfil his dreams of becoming a writer. Sequel to "Charles the bold" (DC29961). Descriptions of sex, some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2007. (Charles the Bold ; 2) Uniform title: Saut dans le vide.The Immaculate Conception
By Lazer Lederhendler, Gaétan Soucy. 2005
In 1920s Montreal, 75 parishioners die one terrible night at the hands of an arsonist. Among the survivors are Remouald,…
whose nightmarish, repressed childhood memories cause him constant turmoil; Séraphon, his invalid father who holds a self-destructive secret; and schoolteacher Clémentine Clément, who obsesses in solitude over past tragedies, unrequited passions, and the grim suspicion that something is woefully amiss with a group of young boys in her class. Some descriptions of sex and strong language. Descriptions of violence. 2005. Uniform title: Immaculée Conception.The flying canoe
By Sheila Fischman, Roch Carrier. 2004
Retelling of the classic Quebec folklore "La chasse-galerie". On New Year's Eve, 1846, 11-year-old Baptiste finds himself far from his…
friends and family and has come to the woods of Ottawa Valley to live and work among some lumberjacks. As the New Year approaches, they grow more and more homesick. Grades 3-6. 2004. Uniform title: Chasse-galerie.Mad shadows (New Canadian Library)
By Marie-Claire Blais. 1990
A harrowing pathology of the soul centering on a family group: Patrice, the beautiful and narcissistic son; his ugly and…
malicious sister, Isabelle-Marie; and Louise, their vain and uncomprehending mother. These characters inhabit an amoral universe where beauty reflects no truth and love is an empty delusion. The characters are ultimately annihilated by their own obsessions. Original French edition published in 1959. 1990. Uniform title: Belle bête.The tin flute (New Canadian Library)
By Alan Brown, Gabrielle Roy. 1989
Trapped by poverty and unemployment in the slums of Montreal, Rosanna LaCasse and her eldest daughter cope differently with the…
problems of urban living. Winner of the Governor General's Award. 1989. Uniform title: Bonheur d'occasion.Querelle of Roberval (Biblioasis International Translation Series #39)
By Kevin Lambert. 2022
As a millworkers’ strike in the northern lumber town of Roberval drags on, tensions start to escalate between the workers—but…
when a lockout renews their solidarity, they rally around the mysterious and magnetic influence of Querelle, a dashing newcomer from Montreal. Strapping and unabashed, likeable but callow, by day he walks the picket lines and at night moves like a mythic Adonis through the ranks of young men who flock to his apartment for sex. As the dispute hardens and both sides refuse to yield, sand stalls the gears of the economic machine and the tinderbox of class struggle and entitlement ignites in a firestorm of passions carnal and violent. Trenchant social drama, a tribute to Jean Genet’s antihero, and a brilliant reimagining of the ancient form of tragedy, Querelle of Roberval, winner of France’s Marquis de Sade Prize, is a wildly imaginative story of justice, passion, and murderous revenge.The brutal telling (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #5)
By Louise Penny. 2009
A stranger is found murdered in the village bistro and antiques store and all clues point to bistro owner Olivier…
being the killer. Once again, Chief Inspector Gamache and his team are called in to strip back layers of lies, exposing both treasures and rancid secrets long buried - but not forgotten. Some strong language. 2009.The murder stone (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #4)
By Louise Penny. 2008
The Manoir Bellechasse is playing host to the Finney family reunion, there to pay tribute to their father. Old secrets…
and bitter rivalries begin to simmer, and soon a dead body is discovered. Chief Inspector Gamache, also a guest at the resort, finds himself with a hotel full of suspects, including the staff, and with the hotel locked down, a cornered predator. Some strong language and descriptions of violence. 2008.The cruelest month (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache #3)
By Louise Penny. 2007
Armand Gamache is called to the village of Three Pines to investigate a mysterious death resulting from a séance. Gamache…
soon finds that the village is haunted by deeply buried secrets, and that he himself is the target of a powerful enemy within the Sureté du Québec. Some descriptions of violence, strong language. 2007.