The Break is the first novel by the Canadian author Katherena Vermette published in 2016 by House of Anansi Press.[1]

The Break
Paperback first edition
AuthorKatherena Vermette
LanguageEnglish
Published2016 (House of Anansi Press)
Publication placeCanada
Media typePrint
Pages360 pp (first edition)
ISBN9781487001117
OCLC1030019770

The book tells the story of Stella, a Métis woman, who witnesses a crime in "The Break", a barren stretch of hydro land near her house in the North End neighbourhood of Winnipeg.[2]

The novel was shortlisted for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize[1] and Governor General's Award for English-language fiction.[3] and won the Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature.[4]

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