Fiction Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
Yellow-Wolf & Other Tales of the Saint Lawrence
- Publisher
- Vehicule Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1998
- Category
- Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550650020
- Publish Date
- Jan 1998
- List Price
- $14.95
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Description
These fireside tales, now translated for the first time, were originally published posthumously in 1893. Brierley's introduction and annotations provide fascinating insights into the life and times of one of the fathers of Canadian literature.
About the authors
In 1988 Jane Brierley was a Governor General's Award finalist for A Man of Sentiment: The Memoirs of Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé. In 1990 she won the Governor General's Award for her translation of de Gaspé's stories, Yellow-Wolf & Other Tales of the Saint Lawrence.
Phillipe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé's profile page
Jane Brierley is a Montreal literary translator, writer, editor, and former president of the Literary Translators Association of Canada. Her translations of science fiction stories have appeared in a number of Tesseract's anthologies, and she has translated three of Élisabeth Vonarburg's science fiction novels: The Silent City, The Maërlande Chronicles, and Reluctant Voyagers. In 1990 she won the Governor General's Award for best English translation.
Editorial Reviews
"This beautiful little book, handsomely embellished ... has enormous archival value." -Globe & Mail
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