num_pages: 389
description: The Tin Flute, Gabrielle Roy’s first novel, is a classic of Canadian fiction. Imbued with Roy’s unique brand of compassion and compelling understanding, this moving story focuses on a family in the Saint-Henri slums of Montreal, its struggles to overcome poverty and ignorance, and its search for love.An affecting story of familial tenderness, sacrifice, and survival during the Second World War. The novel was made into a critically acclaimed motion picture in 1983.From the Hardcover edition.
language: English
title: The Tin Flute
titlecomplete: The Tin Flute
genres: 20th Century, Canada, Canadian Literature, Historical Fiction, School, Womens, Literature, Classics, Fiction, France
ratings_count: 4227
places: Montreal, Quebec (Montréal, Québec)
awards: awardedAt: -725817600000
name: Prix Femina, awardedAt: -725817600000
name: Governor General's Literary Awards / Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général
category: Fiction, name: Médaille de l'Académie canadienne-française
publisher: New Canadian Library