Windflower
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
29 January 2008
Summary
Set against the austere landscape of northern Labrador, Windflower is the poignant story of Elsa Kumachuk, a young Inuit woman torn between two worlds by the birth of her blond-haired, blue-eyed son. Unacknowledged by his father, an American GI, the child is welcomed into the Inuit community with astonishment and delight. Elsa, however, must come to terms with the conflicting values implied by her son’s dual heritage.Gabrielle Roy’s last novel, Windflower is both a moving account of one woman’s tragic dilemma and a sensitive portrait of a society in transition.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780771094200 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0771094205 |
| Author: | Gabrielle Roy, Phyllis Webb |
| Publisher: | McClelland & Stewart Inc. |
| Imprint: | New Canadian Library |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 29 January 2008 |
| Weight: | 147g |
| Dimensions: | 12mm x 129mm x 195mm |
| Series: | New Canadian Library (Paperback) |
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Gabrielle Roy
Gabrielle Roy was born in Manitoba in 1909. The youngest of eight children, she studied in a convent school for twelve years, then taught school herself. 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. 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 Femina, and Quebec’s Prix David. She died in Quebec in 1983.
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