Main Brides

It is a hot June day. A woman sits in a bar in Montreal's Main, waiting. Pushing down the disturbing scene (the police, a blanket) she saw that morning in the park. To focus herself, she tries to guess the stories of other women who come and go as the day darkens into night: the teenager Nanette; Adele of Halifax, who's constantly on a train; a woman just back from Cuba; two lesbian lovers (one's a "cowgirl"); Z., a performance artist; Norma jean from Toronto; the taunting radio voice of a woman promising a tango. Between the portraits, the woman watches and drinks and spins a setting for her "brides." The question is, why does she keep deferring going home?

Author: Gail Scott
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Talonbooks
Published: 02/16/1993
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.84lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.65w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780889104563

About the Author

Gail Scott
Gail Scott's fiction and criticism have appeared in several journals. She is the author of two novels: Main Brides (1993) and Heroine (1987); Spare Parts, a collection of short stories; and Spaces Like Stairs, a collection of essays. Most recently, she translated Lise Tremblay's Mile End (La danse juive, Lemeac, 1999). She lives in Montréal.