Kamouraska
A dutiful wife, keeping vigil with her dying husband, relives in memory her part in a "Crime Passionnel" committed in Quebec in 1840.
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x, 265 pages. - Publisher Toronto : House of Anansi Press, 2012.
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General Note: | Translation of: Kamouraska. "Introduction by Noah Richler"--Cover. |
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 14.95 |
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Kamouraska
A classic of Canadian literature by the great Quebecoise writer, Kamouraska is based on a real nineteenth-century love-triangle in rural Quebec. It paints a poetic and terrifying tableau of the life of Elisabeth d'Aulnieres: her marriage to Antoine Tassy, squire of Kamouraska; his violent murder; and her passion for George Nelson, an American doctor. Passionate and evocative, Kamouraska is the timeless story of one woman's destructive commitment to an ideal love. Translated into seven languages, Kamouraska won the Paris book prize and was made into a landmark feature film by Claude Jutra. This edition features a brilliant new introduction by Noah Richler.