The Tin Flute
New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1947. Hardcover. Translated from the French by Hannah Josephson. 315 p.; 21 cm. Blue cloth with gilt and blue spine and cover titles; top page edges red. No dust jacket. Bookplate of former owner, Margaret Green, on both fixed endpapers. Gabrielle Roy (1909-1983) was a French Canadian author whose first novel, Bonheur d'Occasion, published in 1945, was set in the Montreal working-class neighborhood Saint-Henri. Its realistic depiction of the French Canadian working class is credited with helping to inspire Quebec's Quiet Revolution in the 1960s. This English-language edition won the 1947 Governor General's Award and the Royal Society of Canada's Lorne Pierce Medal. In Very Good Condition: spine is slightly sunned; edges lightly rubbed; clean and tight. Very Good. Item #004223
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