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3 reviews
Michel Tremblay

Talonbooks, 1991

Metaphor for quebecois identity.
Different from the traditional idea of the "drag queen," Hosanna, an aging man confronts his demons, from socio-economic status, linguistic autonomy and masculinity. Hosanna speaks in Joual, the quebecois dialect and as she recounts her story she engages the reader's empathy. Michel Tremblay in an interview was clear that Hosanna represented the state of the quebecois when this piece was written ...

The English Governess

Traveller's Companion, 2007

Poet John Glassco wrote a great many unusual and eccentric works during his career, and ranks among the finest Canadian authors of the 20th Century. This particular title, published under the pseudoym "Miles Underwood," has achieved status as a must-have in your BDSM library. It is the account of Harriet Marwood, summoned to tutor the son of a 19th Century Victorian businessman, Arthur Lovel, whose wife has died, in the proper way to ...

Bonjour, La, Bonjour
Michel Tremblay

Talonbooks, 1990

Albertine in Five Times

1 review
Michel Tremblay

Talonbooks, 1986

What a good play should be
Most inventively, Tremblay sets the same character, Albertine, at five distinc periods of her life. Thus, five actresses will each play Albertine at a certain age and react with one another. This idea alone is worth the price, but has genuine directions takes place and crafted acting moves-in, the hidden textual pearls of wisdom will remind you that the ones who think only Shakespear had ...

Les Belles Soeurs: (Revised)

1 review
Michel Tremblay

Talonbooks, 1992

Les Belles-Soeurs: if you understand French, read the book
I would rate the book slightly higher. Four and a half stars is closer to the actual mark I would give it, but between "perfect" (five stars) and "great" I would say the book is great (four stars). I just finished this book today in French class; each member of the class each read a different part. It is not a book I would pick for myself, but now that I have read it, I am glad it was in the ...

The Story of Venus and Tannhauser

5 reviews
Aubrey Beardsley, John Glassco

Blue Moon Books, 1995

best erotica available
This erotic fiction is a very fine piece of work.For the collector of erotica this book is a must buy.The story focuses on one Tannhauser's sexual frolics in the abode of the goddess Venus.The erotica is mostly implied or subtle, which makes the book all the more fascinating instead of disgusting as some works of erotica are.All in all,a vintage literary gem.

Memoirs of Montparnasse

3 reviews
John Glassco

Oxford Univ Pr, 1981

Memories
John Glassco writes about the Paris arts scene of the 1920s, telling the story of an artist as a young man. It's not always true, but it is always fun, as fiction and autobiography blend to create a good read. Has all the sex, boozing and pathos that was typical of 1920s Paris as its been memorialized in literature, whether that's a good thing or not is for you to decide.