Canadian Fiction

The Second World War had been under way for a year when Marie and John Williamson welcomed two English brothers to join them and their two children in their small house in north Toronto for the duration of the conflict. Marie wrote over 150 letters to the boys’ mother, Margaret Sharp, imagining that she could make Margaret feel she was still with her children. She shepherded the boys through education decisions and illnesses, eased them into a strange new life, and rejoiced when they embraced unfamiliar winter sports.

To Stephanie, Andrew Simmons seemed like the perfect man. He was smart, handsome, tall, and athletic. And best of all, he was interested in her. As their romance begins to blossom, the truth about Andrew's past comes to light. A misguided choice made many years before hung over him. When they start a family together, Andrew tries to move on from the past and enjoy his family life, but the past still haunts him.

Hoofprints on the Canadian is a book that is made up of several short stories about the life and times of African Americans in the West. Each story has its own hero and villain. The thing that ties them together is the attempt to showcase African Americans in a different light. The stories prove that the color of a man’s skin will not tell you if he is good or bad. It also will not tell you if he is brave or heroic or if he is a sniffling coward.

Based in part on actual events, Moki is the story of an old man who, on his deathbed recounts an incredible tale of being kidnapped by a family of gypsies in the 1940s. The young teen is forced to learn their ways and is quickly absorbed into the gypsy life quickly acquiring the skills of picking pockets and scamming the gullible at carnivals and in small towns across the Canadian Prairies

A fictional geopolitical thriller exploring some of the geopolitical and technological questions in our world today, such as: What are the most dangerous regimes out there? Is bitcoin here to stay?

Cette seconde sélection de contes et nouvelles réalistes comprend les récits les plus célèbres et les plus étudiés de Guy de Maupassant. Ils vous sont présentés suivant l’ordre chronologique de leur parution.

Kanada, 1934: Das Mädchen Pearly Everlasting, zu Deutsch Silberimmortelle, ist fünfzehn und in einem Holzfällercamp mitten im Wald aufgewachsen – zusammen mit dem Bären Bruno, der seit ihrer Geburt ein Teil der Familie ist. Doch dann beschuldigt man Bruno, einen Mann getötet zu haben. Der Bär wird weggebracht, niemand weiß, wohin. Verzweifelt und entschlossen macht Pearly sich zu Fuß auf den Weg durch die tief verschneite kanadische Landschaft, um Bruno zu suchen.

Souvent confrontés au malentendu, voire à l'opacité d'une société vouée à la rentabilité immédiate, les personnages des microfictions de Tango, en proie au déchirement d'un mal-être, prennent le chemin de l'exil, autant par-delà les frontières géographiques qu'en traversant des limites intérieures.

Golgotha est un lieu d’apparitions, espace où se déploie un "je" massif et creux, habité. Constellé d’altérités, il se sonde, se sculpte, remonte ses époques. Il revient du passé le visage dissimulé par un loup, et laisse parler le loup.

March 6, 1934. Hundreds gather outside City Hall to celebrate the Toronto Centenary. In the crowd, pickpocket Mona Kantor and her partner, Chesler, are "in the tip", finding easy pickings among the jostling masses. Eli Morenz, city man for the Daily Star, is covering the festivities and uncovering the pickpocket racket working the scene. A surreptitious photo and some keen research lead him to an underworld dive in Kensington Market where Toronto’s pickpockets converge - and to Mona.

Fight for Life is a real-life suspense thriller that takes you on an urban adventure through Russia. It is a hero’s journey that explores themes such as friendship, loyalty, betrayal, love, revenge, and redemption. It is also a reflection of the history and culture of Russia and Ukraine. This book takes you on a journey through Russia, where you’ll witness the unlikely friendship between a Ukrainian narrator and the main character Oleg, a Russian mobster.

Les garçons interludes aborde par fragments l’interchangeabilité dans les relations amoureuses entre hommes. On suit le narrateur dans ses passages de vie sans cesse renouvelés. Les rencontres se multiplient mais aucun personnage n’est récurrent, et pourtant tous les garçons marquent le récit à leur façon. Les valses s’enchaînent, la musique change, l’intimité se dévoile.

Classique slovène du XIXe siècle inspiré de motifs populaires, ce conte qui s'adresse aux grands comme aux petits raconte avec finesse et humour l'histoire d'un paysan slovène à la force peu ordinaire et au caractère bien trempé, appelé à la cour de Vienne pour y combattre le géant Bruteaux, qui terrorise la population et assassine tous ceux qui osent l'affronter.

Ils forment une «parade clinquante», ce sont «des armes dangereuses, un baiser / à retardement». Enfants réels ou allégoriques, ils disparaissent sous nos yeux. Pour les attraper au moment crucial, Comment nous sommes nés déploie ses phrases amples, ses vers durs, monnaie qui brille au fond de la fontaine. Suspendus entre ciel et terre, entre deux époques; au bowling, au centre commercial, au ciné-parc, les personnages de ces poèmes arrivent à la fin de leur histoire.

ᒪᕐᕈᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᑐᖃᐃᑦ ᐃᓄᖁᑎᖏᑦ. ᓇᐃᓈᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖓ. ᐊᑕᐅᓯᖅ ᓇᒡᓕᖕᓂᖃᓐᖏᑦᑐᖅ ᑎᒍᐊᖅᑎᖓᑦ ᐊᓈᓇᒃᓴᑎᒃ ᐅᓇᓗ ᐊᖓᒃᑰᓪᓗᓂ. ᐊᒃᓱᕈᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᕿᒪᒃᓯᔪᒪᓚᐅᖅᓯᒪᕗᒃ. ᓵᑕᓇᓯᒥᒃ ᐃᓱᒪᖃᖅᑐᑑᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ. ᐱᖓᓱᐃᓕᖓᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᓯᕈᖅᑕᕐᕕᖃᖅᑐᑦ.

"Canadian Family Adventures" follows the tale of 10 Irish siblings who immigrate to Canada in the late 1880s. Their mother, Maggie Collins, wants her children, between the ages of 10 years old and 30 years old, to have a good life, and she arranges for them to sail to Canada. The ten siblings arrive in Canada by ship, and each one settles in a different area of Canada and pursues a different career.