Main Brides

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It is a hot June day. A woman sits in a bar in Montreals 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, whos constantly on a train; a woman just back from Cuba; two lesbian lovers (ones 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

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"Gail Scott has an extraordinary ability to compress scenic observations ... into short, jewel-like notations." -- Hugh Hood "Scott is one of the most gutsy writers around." -- Globe & Mail

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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 Montreal.