Ha!: A Self-Murder MysteryMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 2003 M10 7 - 864 pages On 15 March 1977, with his wife's consent, celebrated writer and former terrorist Hubert Aquin blew his brains out on the grounds of a Montreal convent school. Shocked by this self-murder, a filmmaker friend feels compelled to understand why Aquin killed himself - and discovers, at the heart of the tragedy, an unforgettable love story. A "documentary fiction" - a category which includes In Cold Blood and The Executioner's Song - HA! is a seminal work that reinvents the audio-visual revolution of the last century. Interweaving photographs, documents, and images with testimony from Aquin's friends and contemporaries, Aquin himself, and the writers and artists who influenced him, this intriguing novel takes the reader on a Joycean tour of a metropolis in the midst of political and cultural turmoil. |
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... (French)—Quebec (Province)— Biography. 3. Novelists, Canadian (French)—20th century—Biography. 4. Suicide victims—Quebec (Province)—Biography. I. Title. PS8501.Q85Z839 2003 C843'.54 C2003-902430-X PQ3919.2.A66Z86 2003 Web sites: www.mqup ...
... (French)—Quebec (Province)— Biography. 3. Novelists, Canadian (French)—20th century—Biography. 4. Suicide victims—Quebec (Province)—Biography. I. Title. PS8501.Q85Z839 2003 C843'.54 C2003-902430-X PQ3919.2.A66Z86 2003 Web sites: www.mqup ...
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... French colony called Nouvelle France [New France]. In 1759 an English army commanded by James Wolfe defeated a French army under Louis de Montcalm on the Plains of Abraham outside Québec City. As a result, four years later New France ...
... French colony called Nouvelle France [New France]. In 1759 an English army commanded by James Wolfe defeated a French army under Louis de Montcalm on the Plains of Abraham outside Québec City. As a result, four years later New France ...
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... French-Canadians, the power struggle between the federal government and the Québec government has been especially contentious. During the 1960s and 70s a virulent, sometimes violent, French-Canadian nationalism arose in Québec ...
... French-Canadians, the power struggle between the federal government and the Québec government has been especially contentious. During the 1960s and 70s a virulent, sometimes violent, French-Canadian nationalism arose in Québec ...
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... French-Canadians aren't rooted in religion rather than language. xv • In 1976 Montréal has a population of 2,802,485, which makes it by far the largest city in Québec. Founded in 1642 by Paul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve, on the ...
... French-Canadians aren't rooted in religion rather than language. xv • In 1976 Montréal has a population of 2,802,485, which makes it by far the largest city in Québec. Founded in 1642 by Paul de Chomedey, sieur de Maisonneuve, on the ...
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... French for “royal mountain”, which was what the original settlers called the igneous hill that rises 233 meters above sea level in the middle of the city. • Crowned by a thirty-three metre-high metal cross, laureled with lightbulbs ...
... French for “royal mountain”, which was what the original settlers called the igneous hill that rises 233 meters above sea level in the middle of the city. • Crowned by a thirty-three metre-high metal cross, laureled with lightbulbs ...
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