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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... Rome. Significantly, the rise of separatism in Québec occurred as Montréal gave way to Toronto as Canada's premier city. • In 1976, 1,831,110 Montréalers are French-Canadians; 607,505 are English-Canadians; and 363,870 are of other ...
... Rome. Significantly, the rise of separatism in Québec occurred as Montréal gave way to Toronto as Canada's premier city. • In 1976, 1,831,110 Montréalers are French-Canadians; 607,505 are English-Canadians; and 363,870 are of other ...
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... Rome's 20 and 11.) Of the major cities, only Moscow, with an average summer temperature of 8 degrees Centigrade and a winter temperature of 1, is cooler than Montréal. • xvi “Canada,” officially designated as the country's name in 1867 ...
... Rome's 20 and 11.) Of the major cities, only Moscow, with an average summer temperature of 8 degrees Centigrade and a winter temperature of 1, is cooler than Montréal. • xvi “Canada,” officially designated as the country's name in 1867 ...
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... Rome for a holiday. Moved and troubled by Andrée's remarks, I think about little else the rest of that day and the next. Suddenly, late Saturday afternoon, I get a gut feeling that all the facts surrounding Aquin's suicide should be ...
... Rome for a holiday. Moved and troubled by Andrée's remarks, I think about little else the rest of that day and the next. Suddenly, late Saturday afternoon, I get a gut feeling that all the facts surrounding Aquin's suicide should be ...
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... Rome on New Year's Eve, and how you had urged him to go there, and in the end he decided to do so. Besides, Rome was a city he loved ever since he had first gone there in 1951, 1952, when he was a student in Paris. He went to Rome, then ...
... Rome on New Year's Eve, and how you had urged him to go there, and in the end he decided to do so. Besides, Rome was a city he loved ever since he had first gone there in 1951, 1952, when he was a student in Paris. He went to Rome, then ...
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... Rome. And he said that the next morning he would take Emmanuel to his ski class. emmanuel: While they were at the restaurant, I came back and watched TV. I also played with my soldiers – I broke a few of them. andrée: The next morning ...
... Rome. And he said that the next morning he would take Emmanuel to his ski class. emmanuel: While they were at the restaurant, I came back and watched TV. I also played with my soldiers – I broke a few of them. andrée: The next morning ...
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