Apr 27, 2011 | GL-review, Postings, Press Coverage, Review
“Thoughtful, smart, sardonically funny, Ottawa’s Elizabeth Hay has created her own niche in Canadian fiction by fastening her intelligence on the real stuff—the bumps and glories in love, kinship, friendship.” —The Toronto Star
Apr 27, 2011 | GL-review, Postings, Press Coverage, Review
“A novel so subtle and so wonderfully layered that it resembles a black-and-white movie of a certain era, full of elegance, aura and wit.” —The Globe and Mail
Apr 27, 2011 | GL-review, Postings, Press Coverage, Review
“For all its movie references, Canadian Elizabeth Hay’s second novel [Garbo Laughs] is a very literary book. Its story—of family and friends, love and death—unravels slowly while its characters are lovingly fleshed out …. From start to finish, this book is...
Apr 27, 2011 | GL-review, Postings, Press Coverage, Review
Elizabeth Hay’s second novel, Garbo Laughs, is a movie fanatic’s dream. But I may be biased. I am a self-confessed movie junkie and insanely passionate about books. Hay serves up mountains of film and literary references that kept me riveted page after page. Her...
Apr 27, 2011 | GL-review, Postings, Press Coverage, Review
THERE are many addictions that can beset us in modern life: work, food, exercise, sex, shopping, the Internet, video games. And, as we’re reminded in Elizabeth Hay’s witty new novel, there are the movies. In Garbo Laughs—a reference to the way Ninotchka,...
Apr 27, 2011 | Garbo Laughs, Reader Resources
OLD OTTAWA SOUTH CELEBRATED IN NATIONAL NETWORK OF LITERARY SETTINGS For Immediate Release—On October 26, 2010 Ottawa will mark its place in Canada’s literary landscape when a plaque bearing a portion of Elizabeth Hay’s Garbo Laughs is unveiled in the neighbourhood of...
