From the Publisher
Praise for Passing Ceremony and Helen Weinzweig:
“A remarkable piece of writing.” Toronto Star
“Polished, forceful, and poetic.” Ottawa Citizen
“An unmistakable signature of a true artist.” Books In Canada
“Handled with skill.” Chatelaine
“A brilliant first work of fiction.” Edmonton Journal
“Challenging and sophisticated.” Quarry
Praise for Basic Black with Pearls and Helen Weinzweig:
Toronto Book Award Winner
“Thirty-five years after its initial publication and a hundred years since Weinzweig’s birth, Basic Black with Pearls is getting an admirable posthumous reissue via House of Anansi’s A-List series, asserting its relevance decades after it won the 1981 Toronto Book Award.” Globe and Mail
“I must concede that Basic Black with Pearls is so good as to have been well worth the exhilarating wait.” National Post
“[Basic Black With Pearls] is being rediscovered and acclaimed as a milestone in the history of Canadian women writers.” Toronto Star
“Glittering, uncomfortable, one-of-a-kind fiction . . . a daydream-spectacular, heavy on scenes from a rotten childhood and lightly dipped in madness all of it delivered with spotlight-sharp images and iron-grey wit.” Kirkus Reviews
“A funny and smart feminist classic that begs for rediscovery.” 49th Shelf
Praise for A View From the Roof and Helen Weinzweig:
Finalist, Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction
“A neat juggling of actuality and surreality is one of the things that makes [Helen Weinzweig] such an extraordinary writer.” Globe and Mail