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
