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Semiautobiographical and universal in appeal, Street of Riches is about a young girl's growing up in a suburb of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Here is Christine, the perceptive narrator of The Road Past Altamont (also a Bison Book), awakening to natural and sometimes terrifying beauty, to family history, to the nuances of social life, to sexuality, to selfhood. A mother's romantic yearning for freedom, a father's roving career as an immigration officer, a beautiful sister's early demise, a host of others in very human situations - all contribute to the way Christine will view the world as a writer. Gabrielle Roy has been called the Canadian Willa Cather because of their affinity in style and theme. Street of Riches won both the Governor-General's Award for Fiction and the French Prix Duvernay.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780803289475
  • ISBN-10: 0803289472
  • Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
  • Publish Date: November 1993
  • Dimensions: 7.98 x 5.32 x 0.63 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.61 pounds
  • Page Count: 256

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