Thirty Acres
by Ringuet
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One of the most important books to come out of Quebec, Thirty Acres traces the course of one man's life as he enters into the age-old rhythms of the land and of the seasons. At the same time, it is a novel on a grand social scale, spanning and documenting the tumultuous half-century in which a new, industrial urban society crowded out Quebec's traditional rural one. Winner of the Governor General's Award and numerous other national and international literary prizes, Thirty Acres is a show more universal story of birth and death, renewal and reversal, ascent and decline, and a masterpiece of irony and realism. show lessTags
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Memorable and unembellished novel on the constrained life of a Quebec farmer, realistically told; a classic worth reading to understand the Quebec of the later 20th century.
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Governor General of Canada's English Fiction Awards
89 works; 3 members
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New Canadian Library (12)
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- Canonical title
- Thirty Acres
- Original title
- Trente arpents
- Original publication date
- 1938
- Important places
- Québec, Canada
- Disambiguation notice
- Translation of: Trente arpents
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- Languages
- English, French
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 13
- ASINs
- 4
