Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. c1955. Cloth and boards. Private bookplate and soft ripples to front free endpaper; light yellowing to page edges; else fine. Dust jacket a little darkened on spine, with red yellowing a bit faded; corner crease to front flap; small chips and nicks; VG otherwise. The author's second novel, first to be translated into English, it won the Pris du Cercle du Livre de France and 1953. Set in a small mining town in Québec. ; Octavo