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No Crystal Stair

Par (auteur) Mairuth Sarsfield
Catégories: Littérature générale

First published in 1993, No Crystal Stair is an absorbing story of urban struggle in the 1940s. Raising her three daughters alone, Marion discovers she can only find gainful employment if she passes as ...

A Dream of a Woman

Par (auteur) Casey Plett
Catégories: Littérature générale

Longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize

Award-winning novelist Casey Plett (Little Fish) returns with a poignant suite of stories that center transgender women.

Casey Plett's 2018 novel Little Fish won ...

Atacama

Par (auteur) Carmen Rodríguez
Catégories: Littérature générale

Firmly rooted in historical events and covering themes related to class, gender, trauma and survival, Atacama is the story of Manuel Garay and Lucía Céspedes. Starting in 1925, the year the Chilean ...

Siegebreakers

Par (auteur) Justin Podur
Catégories: Littérature générale

Laila and Nasser are members of the Palestinian resistance fighting desperately to free their people. Together, they learn of a plan to unite the disparate Palestinian factions and break Israel’s siege. ...

Escape!

Par (auteur) John Reid
Catégories: Littérature générale

Based on Leon Trotsky’s real-life imprisonment in Amherst, Nova Scotia, this adventure tells the tale of 13-year-old Russian emigré Alexi Gertoff and his chance meeting with Lev, Leon Trotsky’s son. ...