Le Torrent
work by Hébert
Also known as: “The Torrent”
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discussed in biography
- In Anne Hébert
Her first book of prose, Le Torrent (1950; The Torrent), is a collection of violent stories centring on a young boy damaged by his brutal mother. It was followed by a second poetry collection, Le Tombeau des rois (1953; The Tomb of the Kings), which more clearly reveals her inner…
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