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Hunter with Harpoon
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Published fifty years ago under the title Harpoon of the Hunter, Markoosie Patsauq's novel helped establish the genre of Indigenous fiction in Canada. This new English translation unfolds the story of Kamik, a young hero who comes to manhood while on a perilous hunt for a wounded polar bear. In this astonishing tale of a people struggling for survival in a brutal environment, Patsauq describes a life in the Canadian Arctic as one that is reliant on cooperation and vigilance.
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Technical specifications
Release date | November 18th 2020 |
Language | English |
Publisher | McGill-Queen's University Press |
Collection | Hunter with Harpoon |
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Accessibility | No information is available regarding the accessibility of the format Paper |