Street of Riches - Softcover

Roy, Gabrielle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803289472 ISBN 13: 9780803289475

Publisher: University of Nebraska Press, 1993

Synopsis

". . . A lovely and appealing book, written with great skill."—Kirkus

Semiautobiographical and universal in appeal, Street of Riches is about a young girl's growing up in a suburb of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Here is Christine, the perceptive narrator of The Road Past Altamont (also a Bison Book), awakening to natural and sometimes terrifying beauty, to family history, to the nuances of social life, to sexuality, to selfhood. A mother's romantic yearning for freedom, a father's roving career as an immigration officer, a beautiful sister's early demise, a host of other in very human situations—all contribute to the way Christine will view the world as a writer.

About this title

About the Author

Gabrielle Roy has been called the Canadian Willa Cather because of their affinity in style and theme. Street of Riches won both the Governor-General's Award for Fiction and the French Prix Duvernay.

From the Back Cover

Semiautobiographical and universal in appeal, Street of Riches is about a young girl's growing up in a suburb of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Here is Christine, the perceptive narrator of The Road Past Altamont (also a Bison Book), awakening to natural and sometimes terrifying beauty, to family history, to the nuances of social life, to sexuality, to selfhood. A mother's romantic yearning for freedom, a father's roving career as an immigration officer, a beautiful sister's early demise, a host of others in very human situations - all contribute to the way Christine will view the world as a writer. Gabrielle Roy has been called the Canadian Willa Cather because of their affinity in style and theme. Street of Riches won both the Governor-General's Award for Fiction and the French Prix Duvernay.

Reviews

First published in 1966 and 1957, respectively, these volumes follow the life of a French Canadian woman from childhood to middle age. Often called a Canadian Willa Cather, Roy has a style that LJ's reviewer called "lyrical and lovely without any taint of sentimentality" (LJ 8/66).
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Edition details

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803289472
• ISBN 13: 9780803289475
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256