THE TIN FLUTE {Rare SIGNED 1st U.S. Printing} often called The Novel of Quebec

GABRIELLE ROY

Published by Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1947

About this Item

A Rare signed copy of Gabrielle Roy's famous novel. Inscribed in the author's hand on the front end paper to "To Mr. William Geddis with my very best wishes Gabrielle Roy" The U.S. 1st Edition. The Novel is in Near Fine unmarked condition, but for a previous owner's name on the verso of the front board, unseen beneath the front flap of the dust jacket. In the original Dust Jacket with the original price of $3.00 intact. The Dust Jacket is Very Good, with various chips at the extremities, some soiling. Now housed in an archival jacket sleeve. A Handsome copy of a Rare signed copy. Often called The Novel of Quebec. Robust shipping. The Tin Flute (original French title Bonheur d'occasion, "secondhand happiness"), Gabrielle Roy?s first novel, is a classic of Canadian fiction. Imbued with Roy?s brand of compassion and understanding, this story focuses on a family in the Saint-Henri slums of Montreal, its struggles to overcome poverty and ignorance, and its search for love. The Tin Flute won both the Governor General's Award and the Prix Femina of France. The novel was made into a critically acclaimed motion picture in 1983. The novel caused many Quebecers to take a hard look at themselves and is regarded as the novel that helped lay the foundation for Quebec's Quiet Revolution of the 1960s. The original French version won Roy the prestigious Prix Femina in 1947. Published in English as The Tin Flute (1947), the book won the 1947 Governor General's Award for fiction as well as the Royal Society of Canada's Lorne Pierce Medal. Distributed in the United States, where it sold more than three-quarters of a million copies, the Literary Guild of America made The Tin Flute a feature book of the month in 1947. The book garnered so much attention that Roy returned to Manitoba to escape the publicity (description quoted from Wikipedia).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE TIN FLUTE {Rare SIGNED 1st U.S. Printing} often called The Novel of Quebec
• Publisher: Reynal & Hitchcock, New York
• Publication Date: 1947
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)