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Showing posts with label Harvey. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Harvey. Show all posts
24 June 2024

Fifteen Favourite Quebec Novels pour la Fête

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For the day, a list of fifteen novels by Quebecers – born and bred – all deserving more attention. In each case, the image presented is the ...
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27 August 2018

The Dustiest Bookcase: H pour Harvey

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The Dustiest Bookcase: Short pieces on books I've always meant to review (but haven't). They're in storage as we build o...
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26 December 2010

The 75-Year-Old Virgin and Others I Acquired

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Published in 1935 by les Éditions du Quotidien, a first edition by one of the most important Canadian writers of the twentieth century. I...
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15 May 2010

Glassco en français

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The recent publication of Daniel Bismuth's new French translation of Memoirs of Montparnasse is as welcome as it is unexpected. I belie...
01 February 2010

Ex Libris

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It was interesting to see Whit Burnett's name appear so frequently in news stories dealing with the death of J.D. Salinger. Burnett is a...
07 December 2009

Books are Best

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The Globe , 18 December 1909 William Briggs may be gone, but the publisher's words are as true today as they were a century ago. Books a...
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27 May 2009

Not Only Chic, but Well-read

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A photograph of Yves Thériault , André Langevin and Jean-Charles Harvey , stumbled upon early this week in the 28 November 1954 edition of ...
25 April 2009

Cardinal Villeneuve's Folly

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Les Demi-civilisés Jean-Charles Harvey Montreal: Éditions du Totem, 1934 Seventy-five years ago today Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villen...
05 March 2009

Freedom to Read Redux

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A few days after the end of Freedom to Read Week and my little rant , I note that Jean-Charles Harvey's account of the suppression ...
22 February 2009

Freedom to Read

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Jean-Charles Harvey Bootlegger d'intelligence en période de prohibition The first day of Freedom to Read Week arrives and thoughts turn ...