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Fans of Hollywood — old and new — will embrace Elizabeth Renzetti’s troubled heroine, with her dash of Norma Desmond. From page one it’s obvious that this is a novelist who is ready for her literary close-up.” — \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKim Izzo, author of The Jane Austen Marriage Manual\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Kim Izzo, author of The Jane Austen Marriage Manual","OtherText_Review_1":"\u003cp\u003e“With Based on a True Story, Renzetti has offered up a story that is fun to read – because this novel is a hell of a lot of fun…– but that is also, like Renzetti’s newspaper writing, incisive, street-wise, and written with the deft hand of a truly talented scribe… This book also offers insight into addiction, insecurity, the way our upbringings define us, and the nature of true love, how blind it can be – but also how it, above all else, can be what raises a person out of the depths of failure and despair.” — \u003cstrong\u003eMarissa Stapley, \u003cem\u003eThe Globe and Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_1_Auth":"Sara O'Leary","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"The National Post","OtherText_Review_2":"\u003cp\u003e“Based on a True Story is a seriously funny book” — \u003cstrong\u003eSara O'Leary, \u003cem\u003eThe National Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Marissa Stapley","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"The Globe and Mail","OtherText_Review_3":"\u003cp\u003e“I couldn't put it down.” — \u003cstrong\u003eRoni Simunovic, \u003cem\u003eGeist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","OtherText_Review_3_Auth":"Roni Simunovic","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Geist","OtherText_Review_4":"\u003cp\u003e“In her weekly column, Renzetti uses her considerable wit and skill to make any topic engaging. 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A hilarious look at what happens when a washed-out celebrity and a tabloid reporter go on a wild road trip in search of revenge on an ex-boyfriend.
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Dennis Lee's heart-stricken masterpiece reminds us why poetry still matters.
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Set in the vividly imagined streets of 1920s Montreal, \u003cem\u003eSerafim and Claire\u003c\\\/em\u003e is the beautiful, moving, and compulsively readable story of two dreamers whose worlds become forever connected.\u003c\\\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClaire Audette is a dancer whose reputation in the vaudeville houses of 1920s Montreal is rapidly on the rise. Serafim Vieria is a photographer and lonely immigrant, wandering the streets of the same city haunted by memories of a lost love in his native Portugal. Around them, the Twenties are roaring, and the metropolis is simmering: corrupt politicians, the burgeoning of jazz, the emerging suffragette movement, trouble in the Red Light, fascism in the Italian community, with the English\\\/French divide cleaving through it all. And as Serafim and Claire’s lives begin to intertwine, a dangerous plot forms that could boost both their fortunes. Can their naïve yet cunning plan succeed? Can they make their own luck? 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The painterly prose reminded me of the best of Michael Ondaatje, and the book will earn a place in the pantheon of great Montreal novels.","OtherText_Review_0_Auth":"Steven W Beattie","OtherText_Review_0_Src":"Marcello Di Cintio, author of Walls: Travels Along the Barricades","OtherText_Review_1":"Serafim and Claire, the protagonists of Mark Lavorato's new novel, take you on a fascinating tour of Montreal in the '20s and '30s, its vaudeville theatres, political rallies, and streets teeming with life. A compelling read!","OtherText_Review_1_Auth":"Steven W Beattie","OtherText_Review_1_Src":"Eva Stachniak, author of The Winter Palace","OtherText_Review_2":"The thrilling balance between the story of two lovers, and the background of the Age and Depression in Montreal, gives Serafim and Claire a rare combination of depth and suspense. Lavorato depicts this rich era with as much energy as detail.","OtherText_Review_2_Auth":"Steven W Beattie","OtherText_Review_2_Src":"A. F. Moritz, winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize for The Sentinel","OtherText_Review_3":"...there's a sort of brave gusto in Lavorato's reach -- Serafim dives headlong into a bewildering array of issues beyond the artistic...Lavorato balances the present, visceral moment with deep subtext, and what results is great, even beautiful writing","OtherText_Review_3_Auth":"Julienne Isaacs","OtherText_Review_3_Src":"Winnipeg Free Press","OtherText_Review_4":"Lavorato handles the blend of art, politics, language, religion, and power deftly, illustrating that they are inextricably linked. Above all, this novel can be read for its excellent sense of place. Gifted at description, the author transports readers to vanished settings and makes them come alive.","OtherText_Review_4_Auth":"Candace Fertile","OtherText_Review_4_Src":"Quill \u0026amp; Quire","OtherText_Review_5":"...Serafim and Claire is an evocative, dramatic and poetic page-turner...","OtherText_Review_5_Auth":"Ian McGillis","OtherText_Review_5_Src":"Montreal Gazette","OtherText_ShortDescription_0":"A beautiful and compulsively readable story of two dreamers whose worlds become forever connected, set in the streets of 1920s Montreal.","ProductFormDescription":"mobi","PublicationDate":"2014-01-11","Publisher":"House of Anansi Press Inc","ShortDescription":"A beautiful and compulsively readable story of two dreamers whose worlds become forever connected, set in the streets of 1920s Montreal.","Width":"5.25","WidthCode":"in"}
Serafim and Claire
A beautiful and compulsively readable story of two dreamers whose worlds become forever connected, set in the streets of 1920s Montreal.
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{"id":6816107855931,"title":"Belonging","handle":"belonging","description":"Never has the world experienced greater movement of peoples from one country to another, from one continent to another. These seismic shifts in population have brought about huge challenges for all societies. In this year’s Massey Lectures, Canada’s twenty-sixth Governor General and bestselling author Adrienne Clarkson argues that a sense of belonging is a necessary mediation between an individual and a society. She masterfully chronicles the evolution of citizenship throughout the ages: from the genesis of the idea of the citizen in ancient Greece, to the medieval structures of guilds and class; from the revolutionary period which gave birth to the modern nation-state, to present-day citizenship based on shared values, consensus, and pluralism. 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Belonging
Former Governor General and bestselling author Adrienne Clarkson delivers the 2014 CBC Massey Lectures on citizenship.
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{"id":6582759653435,"title":"Sequence special hardcover edition","handle":"sequence-special-hardcover-edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of A.F. Moritz's poetry collection Sequence is limited to 50 copies.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe latest collection from Griffin Poetry Prize-winning poet A. F. Moritz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eSequence\u003c\/em\u003e, the reader accompanies the poet step after step and breath after breath through a haunting and mercurial world that shimmers like sun on sand. Alternating moments of spare clarity with deep narrative flashes, the poem wanders the borders of the self, pursuing the eternal moment through imagined landscapes and the lush world waiting outside the writer's window. This is poetry of intense observation, finely tuned to a pattern that is sustained with breaks and returns, alive with eros and a hunger for Breton's \"convulsive beauty.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSequence\u003c\/em\u003e dazzles as it seeks the great mystery, while remaining fully invested in our life of contingency and time.\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2021-05-13T13:14:41-04:00","created_at":"2021-05-13T13:14:41-04:00","vendor":"House of Anansi Press Inc","type":"","tags":["Adult Poetry","Adult Special Edition","By (author) Moritz A.F.","House of Anansi Press","pub date: 2015-04-09"],"price":1995,"price_min":1995,"price_max":1995,"available":false,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39403468226619,"title":"hardcover special edition","option1":"hardcover special edition","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781770899827","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":false,"name":"Sequence special hardcover edition - hardcover special edition","public_title":"hardcover special edition","options":["hardcover special edition"],"price":1995,"weight":231,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9781770899827","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_78cd8add-72a3-4c2f-bb40-686cfab0e64a.jpg?v=1709286842"],"featured_image":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_78cd8add-72a3-4c2f-bb40-686cfab0e64a.jpg?v=1709286842","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":24253405397051,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.8,"height":3189,"width":2551,"src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_78cd8add-72a3-4c2f-bb40-686cfab0e64a.jpg?v=1709286842"},"aspect_ratio":0.8,"height":3189,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/houseofanansi.com\/cdn\/shop\/files\/BNCImageAPI_78cd8add-72a3-4c2f-bb40-686cfab0e64a.jpg?v=1709286842","width":2551}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of A.F. Moritz's poetry collection Sequence is limited to 50 copies.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe latest collection from Griffin Poetry Prize-winning poet A. F. Moritz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eSequence\u003c\/em\u003e, the reader accompanies the poet step after step and breath after breath through a haunting and mercurial world that shimmers like sun on sand. Alternating moments of spare clarity with deep narrative flashes, the poem wanders the borders of the self, pursuing the eternal moment through imagined landscapes and the lush world waiting outside the writer's window. This is poetry of intense observation, finely tuned to a pattern that is sustained with breaks and returns, alive with eros and a hunger for Breton's \"convulsive beauty.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSequence\u003c\/em\u003e dazzles as it seeks the great mystery, while remaining fully invested in our life of contingency and time.\u003c\/p\u003e"}
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Sequence special hardcover edition
This specially designed and bound hardcover First Edition of A.F. Moritz's poetry collection Sequence is limited to 50 copies.
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A timely tale of ownership and loss, loneliness and connection, and a meditation on all the stuff in our lives.
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History’s People
Acclaimed historian Margaret MacMillan gives her own personal selection of the great figures of the past, who have changed the course of history.
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The New Measures
A bold collection from Griffin Poetry Prize and Governor General's Literary Award winner poet A.F. Moritz.
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Holding Still For As Long As Possible
A dazzling portrait of twenty-somethings who grew up on text-messaging and the war on terror.
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A Horse at the Window
A genre-bending collection of dramatic monologues shining a light on the anxious, self-directed gaze that defines contemporary consciousness.
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Clifford
A moving tribute to an older brother that traverses the thresholds of memoir, fiction, and fantasy and reimagines what could have been.
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Subway Stations of the Cross
A journey of an ancient faith in today’s restless world based on the solo show by critically acclaimed playwright and actor Ins Choi.
