HEMON, LOUIS

Maria Chapdelaine: In a New Translation By Alan Brown Limited English Edition

Plattsburgh, NY: Tundra Books, 1989. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. ISBN: 0887762360. Illustrated by Gilles Tibo. Cover is tan colored with lighter tan title on front; light tan lettering on spine. Wheat colored end papers. Pages are clean and tight; this is a NEW book. Copyright page states: This edition is limited to 1000 numbered copies in English of which this is Copy Number _____; no number is filled in. "Louis Hemon's classic novel of French Canada in a magnificent new edition. A collector's book limited to 1000 numbered copies. Newly illustrated by artist Gilles Tibo in 60 starkly beautiful drawings that evoke the poetry and poignancy of Maria's heroic people. Newly translated by Alan Brown, one of Canada's leading translators, using Hemon's original text; introduced by Quebec writer Roch Carrier in a new appreciation". Really great tale of Canada's, more specifically, Quebec's, settlers and the travails they faced. Oversized 3# ; B&W Illustrations; 9 1/4 x 12 1/2; 93+ pages; Cover has light bumping and edge wear. DJ ha slight edge wear, rubbing/scuffing; in a mylar cover.. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Catalogue: North America Hist Fiction

Keywords: 0887762360 Louis Hemon; Gilles Tibo; Art; Artists; Limited Editions; Fiction; Historical Fiction; Canada; Canadian History; Literature/Poetry/Classics Historical Fiction Women/Womens' History Fiction Cultural History Art Geography Government/Economics/Law