"The Legend of Rose Latulipe" 1837
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The novel is a work of fantasy and folklore, a blend of the surreal and the macabre that relates the story of Charles Amand, a native of Saint-Jean-Port-Joli who becomes obsessed by the desire to …
Philippe Aubert de Gaspé
7
1997
$ 0.42
"The Three Devils, or, All's Well That Ends Well" 1867
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"Les trois diables," translated by Wayne Grady as "The Three Devils," first appeared in Contes populaires and was one of Stevens’s more successful stories. It is typical …
Paul Stevens
14
1997
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"The Roussis' Fire" 1872
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"Le Feu des Roussi," translated here by Yves Brunelle as "The Roussis’ Fire," first appeared in two instalments in the journal L ‘Opinion publique in 1872 under …
Narcisse-Henri-Edouard Faucher de Saint-Maurice
16
1997
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"Yellow-Wolf, Malecite Chieftain of Old" 1893
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After de Gaspé’s death in 1871, one of his sons, Alfred-Patrice, found a manuscript of stories among his father’s papers. This was published in 1893 as Divers. Jane Brierley, …
Philippe Aubert de Gaspé
15
1997
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"La Gothe and Her Husband" 1895
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"Le mari de la Gothe," translated here by Patricia Sillers as "La Gothe and Her Husband," first appeared in Fleurs champêtres. Closer in character to the gothic tales of …
Robertine Barry
11
1997
$ 0.66
"How I Learned to Speak English" 1900
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Fréchette was in love with language. His Originaux et détraqués is full of wild descriptions and untranslatable puns, and his later work also explores the limits of conventional …
Louis Fréchette
5
1997
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"Hay Fever" 1917
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"La fièvre des foins," translated by Wayne Grady as "Hay Fever," was first published in 1917, and is taken here from Clapin’s Contes et nouvelles, a collection of …
Sylva Clapin
20
1997
$ 1.20
"The Ferryman" 1920
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"Le Passeur," the tide story included here— translated as "The Ferryman" by Sheila Fischman—is the title story from Loranger’s first book.
Jean-Aubert Loranger
10
1997
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"The Italian Teacher" 1927
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"Le professeur d’italien," translated as "The Italian Teacher" by Matt Cohen, first appeared in Bernard’s only collection of short stories, La Dame blanche (The …
Harry Bernard
12
1997
$ 0.72
"The Mass of Florent Letourneau" 1930
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The story included here, "La messe de Florent Létourneau," translated by Sheila Fischman, is a fine example of Dantin’s classical mind. It first appeared in the periodical …
Louis Dantin
11
1997
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"Foreign Souls" 1934
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From 1930 until her death in 1964, Marie le Franc also contributed stories and essays to many international journals, including Mercure de France, Liaison, and Garnets victoriens. Most of her …
Marie le Franc
17
1997
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"Mrs. Filly" 1942
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"Madame Pouliche," here translated by David Homel as "Mrs. Filly," first appeared in La Fin du voyage, and in 1962 it was included in Gerard Bessette’s Anthologie Albert …
Albert Laberge
13
1997
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"Mother Soubert's Pig" 1944
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A study of primitivism, violence, and eroticism, in which characters struggle, often in vain, against basic and sometimes brutal human passions, it is a startling and disturbing work by a writer …
Yves Theriault
9
1997
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"Fleur-de-Mai" 1945
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Long considered one of Quebec’s most important poets—a special issue of the literary magazine Liberté was devoted to his work in 1960—Grandbois also distinguished himself …
Alain Grandbois
11
1997
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"Happiness" 1946
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"Le bonheur," translated here as "Happiness" by Wayne Grady, is a tale of urban despair, taken from Ringuet’s only book of short stories, L’Heritage (1946). The …
Ringuet
11
1997
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"The Torrent" 1947
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The short story "Au bord du torrent" was published in October 1947 in Amerique française, and appeared in book form in 1950, when Le Torrent won the Belgian Royal Academy’s …
Anne Hébert
36
1997
$ 2.16
"Last Rites" 1960
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Bessette’s only book of short stories, La Garden-Party de Christophine, was published in 1980 and has never been completely translated. It contains stories from many periods in …
Gérard Bessette
12
1997
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"A Case of Sorcery" 1963
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"L’Enchantement," translated here as "A Case of Sorcery" by David Homel, is from Ceux du Chemin-Taché (1963). "It took me many years to realize just how much …
Adrien Thério
9
1997
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"The Chronicles of l'Anse Saint-Roch" 1968
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In 1968, a complete edition of Perron’s stories appeared. Called simply Contes, it included the stories from the two earlier collections as well as four previously unpublished stories, one …
Jacques Ferron
15
1997
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"Back on April Eleventh" 1969
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"De retour le 11 avril," translated by Alan Brown as "Back on April Eleventh," first appeared in Liberté in the March-April 1969 issue, and was later reprinted in Point …
Hubert Aquin
13
1997
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"The Goldfish" 1970
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"Le poisson rouge" ("The Goldfish," as Sheila Fischman has translated the tide), first appeared in the anthology Nouvelles du Québec, edited by Katherine Brearley and …
Roch Carrier
16
1997
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"A Blue Rose Perfume" 1974
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"Un parfum bleu-rose," translated here as "A Blue Rose Perfume" by Basil Kingstone, first appeared in 1974 in the Montreal magazine Liberté. It is a simple story—a …
André Langevin
14
1997
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"Part II of Children of My Heart" 1979
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Although Ces enfants de ma vie (1977), translated by Alan Brown in 1979 as Children of My Heart, has also been called both memoir and novel, it transcends genre classification, just as its author …
Gabrielle Roy
28
1997
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"The Good Old Days" 1981
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Though perhaps less overtly political than many of Major’s other works, "The Good Old Days" is definitely a story about disillusionment— a theme that runs through all of …
Andre Major
14
1997
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"The Secret Voice" 1982
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Le Surveillant was translated in 1990 as The Secret Voice by Matt Cohen, and it is from this collection that the title story has been taken. "The Secret Voice" exemplifies …
Gaétan Brulotte
6
1997
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"Beach Blues" 1983
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"Beach Blues," translated here by Sheila Fischman, is another of the linked stories that make up Sans coeur et sans reproche, which follows the lives of two young people from childhood …
Monique Proulx
28
1997
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"Pomme Douly and the Instant of Eternity" 1988
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Jacob’s most recent book, Les Aventures de Pomme Douly (1988), is a collection of linked short stories depicting the somewhat chaotic life of a beautiful, intelligent, but directionless …
Suzanne Jacob
8
1997
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"To Console Myself. I Imagine That the Bombs Have Fallen" 1989
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The following story, translated by Luise Von Flotow-Evans, appeared in the anthology Celebrating Canadian Women (1989), edited by Greta Nemiroff.
Anne Dandurand
3
1997
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"In My Condition" 1989
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"Dans mon état," the story translated here by Matt Cohen as "In My Condition," first appeared in XYZ in 1989. Like the stories of Claire Dé, Pellerin’s blend …
Gilles Pellerin
5
1997
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"The Love of Lies" 1989
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The present story, "L’amour du mensonge," translated by David Homel as "The Love of Lies," was first published in XYZ in 1989 and is part of a second collection of …
Claude-Emmanuelle Yance
5
1997
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"Tragedy Houses My Wound" 1990
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Carpentier’s most recent collection of stories, De ma blessure atteint et autres détresses (1990), further explores his interest in the fantastic and the psychology of control. The …
André Carpentier
14
1997
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"Consuming Love" 1990
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"Un amour devorant," translated here as "Consuming Love" by Matt Cohen, first appeared in the Montreal literary magazine XYZ in 1990. It is a sly tale with a delicious twist …
Claire Dé
4
1997
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"Portraits of Elsa" 1990
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The story included here is the title story of Portraits d’Elsa et autres histoires, translated by David Homel. A remarkably subtle yet powerful story about the disappearance of the self, …
Marie Jose Theriault
12
1997
$ 0.72