Criticism

Fogel, Melanie. Review of The Heart Laid Bare. CM XVIII, No. 1 (January 1990): 27-28.

Suggests that "superlatives to describe Tremblay's work were exhausted a long time ago. Let's just say that with The Heart Laid Bare he lives up to his reputation."

Freeman, Mark. "Affairs that Start Out All Wrong." Lambda Book Report 2 (September, 1991): 29.

Admires Making Room, claiming that "we haven't heard such truth in much gay fiction."

Johnson, Ann. Review of Hosanna and La Maison suspendue. Books in Canada 21, No. 1 (February, 1992): 29.

Favorably assesses La Maison suspendue and a re-issue of Hosanna.

Kellaway, Kate. Review of The Fat Woman Next Door Is Pregnant. Observer Review (27 January 1991): 58.

Notes that "it's impossible not to warm to [Tremblay's] world; the problem is there is so little to support exuberant characters who badly need the narrative equivalent of a corset."

Manguel, Alberto. Review of Albertine in Five Times, by Michel Trembtay. Books in Canada 16, No. 4 (May, 1987): 22.

Considers the relevance of memory in Albertine in Five Times.

McGrath, Carmelita. "Caught in Suspension." Books in Canada 24, No. 2 (March, 1995): 38.

Review of The First Quarter of the Moon, observing that "Tremblay's particular gift … [is] to simultaneously enlarge a day into a world, and compress a world into a day."

Messenger, Ann P. Review of La Duchesse de Langeais and Other Plays. Canadian Literature 76 (Spring 1978): 101-04.

Briefly considers the various ways Tremblay uses the opportunities afforded by the short play genre.

Mitchell, Constantine. "Vues Animées." Canadian Literature 134 (Autumn, 1992): 171-73.

Finds Les Vues animées "an important contribution to understanding Tremblay's mature works."

O'Connor, John J. "Tremblay's Troupe." Canadian Literature 98 (Autumn 1983): 76-9.

Reviews translated editions of The Fat Woman Next Door Is Pregnant, The Impromptu of Outremont, Damnée Manon Sacrée Sandra, and Sainte-Carmen of the Main. Also includes positive review of Les Anciennes Odeurs.

Parker, Peter. "Sebastien Lives with Matthieu and Jean-Marc." The Listener 123, No. 3152 (15 February 1990): 34.

Denigrates Making Room as "sentimental, cliché-strewn and hollow."

Salmonson, Jessica Amanda. Review of Stories for Late Night Drinkers. Fantasy Review 9, No. 5 (May 1986): 25.

Praises the collection's "[wide] variety of characters" and "finely-honed construction and phrasing."

Solomon, Charles. Review of Making Room. Los Angeles Times Book Review (7 April 1991): 14.

Comments briefly on four-year-old Sebastien's role in the novel.

Townsend, Martin. Review of The Real World?. Quill & Quire 55, No. 3 (March 1989): 77.

Claims that "The Real World? reads a lot like Pirandello mired in melodrama."

Yhap, Beverly. Review of La Maison suspendue. Quill & Quire 58, No. 1 (January 1992): 28.

Finds the play "a brilliant accomplishment … but its brilliance is heightened further when seen in the context of a marvellous body of work."