Photo prise le 6 sept, 2008, coin Savoie et De Maisonneuve.
L’Allée des bouquinistes: Plusieurs vendeurs de livres d’occasion et d’illustrations s’installent toutes les fin de semaines, du 9 août au 12 octobre, dans les petites cabines en arrière de la Grande Bibliothèque (entre Saint-Denis et Berri).
J’ai ramassé une copie de Bonheur d’occasion (Gabrielle Roy) pour $3 hier. Mon but sera de lire, éventuellement, tout les romans qui se déroulent à Montréal.
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What’s on your reading list?
Cat, thanks for asking…
In English i’ve lately read:
– The Hole Show (Maya Merrick) – takes place around the Plateau in the 70s
– Lullabyies for little criminals (Heather O’Neill) – Downtown, plateau
– Smash you head on the Punk Rock (Matt Bissonnette) – NDG
– The Girls who saw Everything (Sean Dixon) – Plateau, old montreal
– A fine Ending (Louis Rastelli) – Plateau
– My Own Devices (Corey Frost) – collection of stories which includes a great descritption of hte ’98 ice storm
– Montreal Stories by Clark Blaise – these are from the ’70s, but really great city feel.
– Bottle Rocket Hearts (Zoe Whittall) – Pleateau and Gay Village around the ’95 referendum
– and of course Duddy Kravitz by Mordecai Richler.
Recommendations are more than welcome!
J’ai découvrir cette place pendant la fête des films du monde… Affiches merveilleuses aussi.
What is Smash you head on the Punk Rock like? I read about it in the Gazette awhile ago but never got around to getting a copy and reading it. Do you recommend it?
Lullabies for Little Criminals, by Heather O’Neill. How to Make Love to a Negro without Tiring by Deny LaFerriere (excuse spelling and the bad translation!)
Oh, you mentioned that one.
Also Mona’s Dance by Anne Diamond.
I’m an immigrant to Montréal and I send my mother books that are set here (at her request!) so she can get to know the city vicariously. So I’m glad to get more titles and share mine!
– Monique Proulx, Les Aurores montréales (translated into English as Aurora montrealis). Un recueil de nouvelles un peu déprimant, mais merveilleux.
– Nikolski, de Nicolas Dickner. Superbe – se passe beaucoup dans Petite Italie et sur la Main. Originally in French, published in English translation this year.
– Joe Fiorito, Tango on the Main. Montréal: Nuage Éditions, 1996. Great collection of newspaper columns about Montréal characters and places.
– There’s a collection called ‘Montréal Stories’ by Mavis Gallant, which was OK, but I didn’t manage to finish it.
– Barney’s Version, by Mordecai Richler (featuring references to an aging Duddy Kravitz, of course!)