

Street of Riches, by Gabrielle Roy (1955, trans. 1957 🇨🇦)
Premise: A series of stories about the author‘s childhood in Manitoba‘s francophone community.
Review: This was a marvelous surprise. These stories — seventy years old themselves, but recounting events of thirty years earlier — strike a perfect balance: You feel the foreignness of this version of Canada from a century ago, while also seeing the seeds for the country we‘ve become. Cont.
Bookish Pair:This would be an interesting pairing with a more contemporary collection, such as Bernardine Evaristo‘s Girl Woman Other (2019).
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 6h