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Em

By (author) Kim Thúy
Categories: Modern and contemporary fiction

Kim Thúy approfondit son style si unique en proposant un roman d'une complexité et d'une maturité accrues. Plus audacieux que ses romans précédents, Em, qui en vietnamien désigne le petit frère ...

Monsieur le Président

By (author) Danielle Pouliot
Categories: ‘Street’ fiction

Roman social d’actualité, Monsieur le Président est une réflexion cinglante sur le mercantilisme déshumanisant, l’amertume de l’abandon, l’inviolabilité de la dignité et la douceur de la ...

Exile Blues

By (author) Gary Freeman
Categories: Fiction: general and literary
Series: None

Prez grows up in the 50s in segregated Washington, DC. Street smart and skeptical, but with a code of ethics, he, like every black kid, wants to be Malcolm, Martin or a “soul brother. ” Invited to ...

The Desirable Sister

Gia and Serena Pirji are sisters, the first-generation born in Canada to immigrant parents. Gia’s fair skin grants her membership to cliques of white kids as a teen, while Serena’s dark skin means ...

Bone Black

Bone Black is a powerful and incisive narrative that meditates on justice and revenge. After Wren StrongEagle’s twin sister Raven mysteriously disappears one evening, Wren is devastated—and angry. ...

The Envy of Paradise

In 1858, the British took over the city of Lucknow, paving the way for Queen Victoria’s reign over India. But what happened to Begam Hazrat Mahal, the woman of African-Indian descent who had valiantly ...

Symphony No. 3

By (author) Chris Eaton
Categories: Biographical fiction

Symphony No. 3 follows the life of renowned French composer Camille Saint-Saëns as he ascends from child prodigy to worldwide fame. As his acclaim grows in Paris, the musical world around him clamours ...

Siegebreakers

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. ...

Home Game

Tamasz Wolfstein escaped from Hungary with his parents when he was eight years old. They found refuge in Montreal, and Tamasz, who now goes by Tommy, or Wolfie to his soccer teammates, has become thoroughly ...