Ana Historic

A classic of Canadian literature, here is the A List edition of Daphne Marlatt's utterly original novel about rescuing a forgotten woman from obscurity

Ana Historic is the story of Mrs. Richards, a woman of no history, who appears briefly in 1873 in the civic archives of Vancouver. It is also the story of Annie, a contemporary, who becomes obsessed with the possibilities of Mrs. Richards's life.


Author: Daphne Marlatt
Publisher: House of Anansi Press
Published: 09/24/2013
Pages: 161
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781770893702
ISBN10: 1770893709
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical | General
- Fiction | LGBTQ+ | Lesbian
- Fiction | Literary

About the Author
Daphne Marlatt was born in Melbourne, Australia, and grew up in Penang, Malaysia, until her family immigrated to Canada in 1951. She is the author of the novels Ana Historic and Taken. She has published numerous collections of poetry, including Steveston, Touch to My Tongue, Salvage, This Tremor Love Is, and The Given, which won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. In 2006, she was appointed to the Order of Canada. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.