The green chamber / Martine Desjardins ; translated by Fred A. Reed and David Homel.
Every house has its secrets, but none hides them better than the august house of the Delorme family. With its sixty-seven locks, brass-grilled counters, and impenetrable underground vault - where lie the mummified remains of a woman clutching a brick between her teeth - the Delorme residence may be apprehended as The Green Chamber's central persona. A private bank of a sort, it has always held its lot of ill-acquired gains, hidden vices, cruel rituals, and illicit substances away from prying eyes. Louis-Dollard Delorme, his miserly wife Estelle, and his three spinster sisters revere money so much that they have converted their residence's "green chamber" into a place of worship and have elevated domestic penny-pinching to an art form. As for the family's heir, Vincent, they intend for him to make a highly profitable marriage - a reasonable prospect, until the day when the house opens its doors to Penny Sterling, a young woman whose means equal only her curiosity.
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- ISBN: 9781772011968
- Physical Description: 195 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Vancouver, British Columbia : Talonbooks, [2018]
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General Note: | Translation of: La chambre verte. |
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Subject: | Avarice > Fiction. Man-woman relationships > Fiction. Montréal (Québec) > Fiction. |
Genre: | Fantasy fiction. Historical fiction. |
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