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Gabrielle Roy by François Ricard , Translated by Patricia Claxton

Finalist for QWF Translation Prize in 1999

0771074778

Despite the popularity and critical success Gabrielle Roy found as a writer, she lived a life often touched by sadness. In this definitive account of her life, François Ricard draws a penetrating and eloquent portrait that does full honour to his extraordinary subject.

Translator Patricia Claxton won the 1999 Governor General’s Award for Translation, for her work on this English edition.

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A Life

English, translated from French

Non-Fiction

biography, Gabrielle Roy

1999

0771074778

McClelland &Stewart

Toronto

1999

616

softcover