Kamouraska
by:
Anne Hébert (author)
Noah Richler (author)
Anne Hebert, Noah Richler (Introduction),Paperback - Second Edition,Series: A List, English-language edition,Pub by House of Anansi Press
Anne Hebert, Noah Richler (Introduction),Paperback - Second Edition,Series: A List, English-language edition,Pub by House of Anansi Press
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781770892545 (1770892540)
Publish date: March 26th 2013
Publisher: House of Anansi Press
Pages no: 232
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Cultural,
Read For School,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
France,
Canada,
Canadian Literature
The Clio Collective was right about Hebert. This is a good read about a woman, an abusive husband, and a murder.
A sympathetic modern reader might consider this novel an up close and personal depiction of the effects of PTSD, triggered by an impending loss of a spouse. It's actually a bit too studied and a bit too chronological to be that, but it certainly is a phantasmagorical walk through the thoughts (and n...