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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... coming to an end. The characters in my novels are more gifted than I am to speak about my Montréal memories and to discourse in a relevant manner. Narrators have nothing to say; they are only simple agents of the imagination. Almost ...
... coming to an end. The characters in my novels are more gifted than I am to speak about my Montréal memories and to discourse in a relevant manner. Narrators have nothing to say; they are only simple agents of the imagination. Almost ...
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... coming to pick up his daughter at recess, which occurs at quarter after two. He hesitated, apparently undecided which way to go. Then he stepped on the gas and drove straight ahead.” With a final glance at the red car as it heads down ...
... coming to pick up his daughter at recess, which occurs at quarter after two. He hesitated, apparently undecided which way to go. Then he stepped on the gas and drove straight ahead.” With a final glance at the red car as it heads down ...
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... coming from? asks Mademoiselle Jutras, amazed. The woman points outside and repeats: – Police! Police! “I kept telling her,” says Sherry Monahan, “there was a dead man down in the driveway. And she asked me two things: Was I sure he was ...
... coming from? asks Mademoiselle Jutras, amazed. The woman points outside and repeats: – Police! Police! “I kept telling her,” says Sherry Monahan, “there was a dead man down in the driveway. And she asked me two things: Was I sure he was ...
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... Coming from the old veteran of the Union Nationale, the tribute ... testified THE ASSEMBLY MOURNS AQUIN'S DEATH The tribute ... bore witness to feelings more profoundly shared than is custom- ary on such occasions, and the effect was ...
... Coming from the old veteran of the Union Nationale, the tribute ... testified THE ASSEMBLY MOURNS AQUIN'S DEATH The tribute ... bore witness to feelings more profoundly shared than is custom- ary on such occasions, and the effect was ...
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... coming along. When Emmanuel got to the bottom, Hubert told him he was very proud of him. And then we drove back to La Chaumine. All because of Hubert's carelessness I spent the day being a taxi driver. That evening Hubert wasn't well ...
... coming along. When Emmanuel got to the bottom, Hubert told him he was very proud of him. And then we drove back to La Chaumine. All because of Hubert's carelessness I spent the day being a taxi driver. That evening Hubert wasn't well ...
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