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1) Ru: a novel
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English
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At ten years old, Kim Thúy fled Vietnam on a boat with her family, leaving behind a grand house and the many less tangible riches of their home country: the ponds of lotus blossoms, the songs of soup-vendors. The family arrived in Quebec, where they found clothes at the flea market, and mattresses with actual fleas. Kim learned French and English, and as she grew older, seized what opportunities an immigrant could; she put herself through school...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"An enchanting story of twins, fame, and heartache by the much-praised author of Lullabies for Little Criminals"--
"Nineteen years old, free of prospects, and inescapably famous, the twins Nicholas and Nouschka Tremblay are trying to outrun the notoriety of their father, a French-Canadian Serge Gainsbourg with a genius for the absurd and for winding up in prison. "Back in the day, he could come home from a show with a paper bag filled with women's...
Author
Publisher
QC Fiction
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Nadia Comaneci's gold-medal performance at the Olympic Games in Montreal in 1976 is the starting point for a whole new generation. Eric Dupont watches the performance on TV, mesmerized. The son of a police officer (Henry VIII) and a professional cook--as he likes to remind us--he grows up in the depths of the Quebec countryside with a new address for almost every birthday and little but memories of his mother to hang on to. His parents have divorced,...
Author
Publisher
Zafa Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016].
Language
English
Description
"Sixteen-year-old Dietrich (Duffy) Stillman, abandoned by his father in Quebec City, becomes intrigued by a young street violinist. His involvement with this lonely girl causes him to become embroiled in a dangerous plot by Quebecois separatists. While resolving problems of the present, Duffy also comes to terms with the violence of his own past" -- Amazon.co.uk.com
Author
Series
Publisher
Wydawnictwo Poradnia K
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Polish
Description
Pierwszy tom bestsellerowej serii o Armandzie Gamache'u - pełnym uroku pięćdziesięcioletnim szefie wydziału zabójstw Sureté du Québec o wyjątkowej inteligencji i przenikliwym spojrzeniu. Klasyczny szyk powieści kryminalnej w na pozór sielskiej scenerii kanadyjskiej prowincji, gdzie nieustraszony śledczy rozprawia się z mrocznymi tajemnicami jej mieszkańców. Malutkie miasteczko Three Pines na południe od Montrealu. Święto Dziękczynienia....
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