The Cashier (New Canadian Library S.)

by Gabrielle Roy

Marie-Claire Blais (Afterword)

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In Alexandre Chenevert, the Montreal bank teller trapped by his narrow environment and acutely aware of his loneliness, Gabrielle Roy has created a vivid and poignant portrait of an ordinary man and his attempts to transcend his circumstances and his fate.

Set in 1947 amid the crumbled dreams of the post-War world, and drawing on modern themes of personal alienation and of the restorative force of nature, The Cashier is a tour de force of characterization and empathy by a literary virtuoso.
  • ISBN10 0771094175
  • ISBN13 9780771094170
  • Publish Date 5 January 2010 (first published 31 May 1996)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country CA
  • Imprint New Canadian Library