Kuessipan

by Naomi Fontaine, David Homel (Translator)

Overview

Kuessipan is an extraordinary, meditative novel about life among the Native Innu people of northeast Quebec. With the grace and perfect pitch, author Naomi Fontaine (herself an Innu) conjures up a world that reads like no other, and a community—of nomadic hunters and fishers, of mothers and children—who endure a harsh and sometimes cruel reality with quiet dignity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781551525181
Publisher:	Arsenal Pulp Press, Limited
Publication date:	09/16/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	183 KB

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.

Editorial Reviews

"A fascinating, complex portrait of life on Innu First Nation’s reserve in Canada." —Bustle

"Fontaine's layered images of Innu life are full of human depth, including also struggle, pride, joy, and love. It is not a romanticized view, but contextualized, with an intelligence that keeps the story engaging ... In the end, it is a story of strength and of hope, which are intimately entwined."
—Montreal Review of Books

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