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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... woman I have loved, in the car pulverized last winter, in the flask of Beta-Chlor (500 mg), in the bed at the Totem Motel, in the ravines of the Grande-Casse and the Tour d'Ai, in my cell number cg19, in my words learned at school, in ...
... woman I have loved, in the car pulverized last winter, in the flask of Beta-Chlor (500 mg), in the bed at the Totem Motel, in the ravines of the Grande-Casse and the Tour d'Ai, in my cell number cg19, in my words learned at school, in ...
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... woman of thirty-five, Sherry was born in Vancouver of Irish Catholic parents. In 1974, she came to Montréal to continue her nursing career while taking courses in marketing at Concordia University. Although she has studied French, she ...
... woman of thirty-five, Sherry was born in Vancouver of Irish Catholic parents. In 1974, she came to Montréal to continue her nursing career while taking courses in marketing at Concordia University. Although she has studied French, she ...
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... woman, with a dog behind her tugging at his leash. The woman can barely speak; she gasps: – The man is dead! ... Call the police! - Where are you coming from? asks Mademoiselle Jutras, amazed. The woman points outside and repeats ...
... woman, with a dog behind her tugging at his leash. The woman can barely speak; she gasps: – The man is dead! ... Call the police! - Where are you coming from? asks Mademoiselle Jutras, amazed. The woman points outside and repeats ...
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... woman of women, the mirror of love ... the work of works. Since the beginning, and for some time to come, Sylvie is the supporting structure of the film: everything refers to her, everything is grafted on to her, and everything is ...
... woman of women, the mirror of love ... the work of works. Since the beginning, and for some time to come, Sylvie is the supporting structure of the film: everything refers to her, everything is grafted on to her, and everything is ...
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... woman – I say “woman” because we're in an era where it's necessary to say “and woman”, otherwise I wouldn't bother to say it – it's a wink I make at our era – the true writer is the man who constantly works on himself during many years ...
... woman – I say “woman” because we're in an era where it's necessary to say “and woman”, otherwise I wouldn't bother to say it – it's a wink I make at our era – the true writer is the man who constantly works on himself during many years ...
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