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A fair country: telling truths about Canada
By John Ralston Saul. 2008
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Canadian fictionCanadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), History, Canadian history
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In this vision of Canada, Saul unveils 3 founding myths: he argues that the famous "peace, order, and good government"…
that supposedly defines Canada is a distortion of the country's true nature. He describes Canada as a Métis nation, heavily influenced and shaped by aboriginal ideas. Lastly, he believes that Canada has a colonial non-intellectual business elite that doesn't believe in Canada. c2008.In search of pure lust: a memoir
By Lise Weil. 2018
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Canadian fictionBiography, LGBTQ+ biography, Women biography, Canadian biography, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)
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When Lise Weil came out in 1976, lesbian desire was the pulsing center of an entire way of life, a…
culture, a movement. The air throbbed with possibility. But after fifteen years of torrid but ultimately failed relationships, Weil had to admit that desire was also a conduit for childhood wounds--and it tended to trump love, over and over again. When a friend invited her to attend a Zen retreat in the mid-'80s, she was desperate enough to say yes. Her first day of sitting zazen was mostly hell--but, smitten with the (female) roshi, she stuck with it. Ultimately, the dive into Zen practice became a turning point in her quest for love. 2018.Red land, Yellow River: a story from the Cultural Revolution
By Ange Zhang. 2004
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Canadian fictionBiography, Historical biography, Family biography, Asian history, Politics and government
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In 1966, Zhang was a teen in Beijing when Mao Zedong began the Cultural Revolution. Though he was the son…
of a "bad guy" (a famous writer), he became swept up in the revolution, until the violence and his father's arrest made him question its goals. In 1968 was sent to a small village to learn how to farm, where he discovered his true calling - art. Some descriptions of violence. Grades 2-4 and older readers. 2004.Les enfants qui s'aiment: roman
By Claire Morin. 1956
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Canadian fictionEssays, Politics and government
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Ils étaient bien sages et bien dociles ces adolescents français des années 1950... lucides aussi, suffisamment en tout cas pour…
se demander comment, avec leurs "pauvres coeurs influençables", ils auraient été "capables de lutter contre la masse réfractaire des opinions des autres". Un bon petit roman sur le langage de l'âge ingrat, la douceur de son ignorance, l'inédit de sa tendresse (cf. p. 181), il y a déjà 25 ans. Presque des adolescents d'autrefois... [SDM