Description
Naomi Fontaine] writes in the same tradition as Native writers such as Thomas King and Louise Erdrich.?Le Devoir
Kuessipan (to you in the Innu language) is an extraordinary, meditative novel about life among the Native Innu people in the wilds of the Canadian North. With grace and perfect pitch, Naomi Fontaine conjures up a world that reads like no other, and a community?of nomadic hunters and fishers, of mothers and children?that endures a harsh, sometimes cruel reality with quiet dignity.
Naomi Fontaine is a member of the Innu First Nation. Kuessipan, her first novel, is based on her own experience.
Author: Naomi Fontaine
Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press
Published: 10/08/2013
Pages: 144
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.30d
ISBN13: 9781551525174
ISBN10: 1551525178
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Native American Studies
About the Author
Naomi Fontaine is a member of the Innu First Nation in the province of Quebec, from Uashat, a community with a population less than 5,000. She was an education student when she wrote Kuessipan, her first novel, which she based on her own experience.
David Homel was born and raised in Chicago in 1952. He has been a journalist, editor, literary translator, and teacher, and has won numerous awards for translation, including the Governor General's Award for Literature, Canada's highest literary honor. His translations include The World is Moving around Me by Dany Laferriere, and The Last Genet by Hadrien Laroche.