- Canadians, Cree Indians, Fiction, Historical Fiction
In this powerful and mesmerizing debut, Joseph Boyden reinvents the tradition of Great War epics like All Quiet on the Western Front and Birdsong. It is 1919 and Niska, an Oji- Cree medicine woman, has left her home in the bush of northern Ontario to retrieve Xavier Bird, her only relation, who has returned from the trenches of Europe.
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- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
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About the book
- Author
- Joseph Boyden
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 354
- Publisher
- Penguin USA, Inc., Viking Canada, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9782226173201
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“FOR MANY DAYS I've hidden in the bush by the town, coming out when I hear the call, watching carefully for him.”
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