The Tin Flute (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Gabrielle Roy
- First Published: 1945
- Type of Work: Novel
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, Parents and children, 1940’s, World War II, Poverty or poor people, Pregnancy, City life, Canada or Canadians, French Canadians
- Locales: Montreal, Canada
Roy's original French title of Bonheur d’occasion has no precise English equivalent—critics have suggested “chance happiness,” “bargain-basement happiness,” and “second-hand happiness” as approximate translations. The Tin Flute is a toy that young Daniel Lacasse only gets when dying with a fatal illness.
The scene is the Saint-Henri district of Montreal, a slum adjoining factories along the Lachine Canal, from which noxious odors permeate the district. The time is early 1940; news of triumphant German armies forms an ominous background to the...
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