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  • La Guerre, Yes Sir!

    by Roch Carrier ...
    Vital, funny, moving and assured, La Guerre, Yes Sir! is a surrealist fable set in rural Quebec during WWI and one of the major achievements in Canadian fiction. Canadian Literature greeted its first appearance in these terms: It is the French-Canadian writer Roch Carrier who comes closest to the significance, power and artistry of Faulkner at his best … He might well be able to do for French ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Hockey Sweater and Other Stories

    by Roch Carrier ...
    Translated by Sheila Fischman ...
    Series series A List
    The Hockey Sweater, the title story in this 20-story collection, has become an enduring classic: a Quebec boy and Habs fan is shipped a Toronto Maple Leafs sweater by mistake. It encapsulates everything you need to understand French and English Canada, told with humour and love. This edition features a new introduction. ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Hockey Sweater

    by Roch Carrier ...
    Illustrated by Sheldon Cohen ...
    In the days of Roch’s childhood, winters in the village of Ste. Justine were long. Life centered around school, church, and the hockey rink, and every boy’s hero was Montreal Canadiens hockey legend Maurice Richard. Everyone wore Richard’s number 9. They laced their skates like Richard. They even wore their hair like Richard. When Roch outgrows his cherished Canadiens sweater, his mother writes ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Montcalm And Wolfe

    Two Men Who Forever Changed the Course of Canadian History

    by Roch Carrier ...
    The national bestseller that tells the story of Wolfe and Montcalm and the Plains of AbrahamIn September 1759, a small band of British troops led by James Wolfe scaled the tall cliff overlooking a farmer’s field owned by Abraham Martin and overpowered the French garrison that protected the area, allowing the bulk of the British army to ascend the cliff behind and attack the French who, led by ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Roch Carrier's La Guerre Trilogy

    by Roch Carrier ...
    Translated by Sheila Fischman ...
    Series series A List
    The A List edition of one of the major achievements in recent Quebec literature — Roch Carrier’s La Guerre trilogy is a vital, moving, and assured portrait of life in Quebec.This volume includes:La Guerre, Yes Sir! A surrealist fable set in rural Quebec during WWI. Canadian Literature greeted its first appearance in these terms: “It is the French-Canadian writer Roch Carrier who comes closest to ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lady With Chains

    by Roch Carrier ...
    In nineteenth-century Quebec a woman plots the murder of her husband after the death of their child. After brewing a poison, she is arrested, denounced as a witch, and in a devastating conclusion, released from her terrifying obsessions. ... Read more

    $10.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • This Sweater Is For You!

    by Sheldon Cohen, afterword by Roch Carrier ...
    A rare glimpse into an artist’s mind, his toolbox, and the world of film animationThe Sweater is one of the most beloved animated films of all time. Based on Roch Carrier’s short story, also known as “The Hockey Sweater,” the film recounts the most horrifying moment of the author’s childhood. Sheldon Cohen adapted the story into animation and created a film that is as much about childhood emotions ... Read more

    $16.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Hockey Sweater and Other Stories

    by Roch Carrier ...
    Narrated by Roch Carrier ...
    Series series A List

    Unabridged

    3 hours 49 min

    The Hockey Sweater, the title story in this 20-story collection, has become an enduring classic: a Quebec boy and Habs fan is shipped a Toronto Maple Leafs sweater by mistake. It encapsulates everything you need to understand French and English Canada, told with humour and love. This edition features a new introduction. ... Read more

    $29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • The Sweetness

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    by Sande Boritz Berger ...
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