Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk

Sanaaq

An Inuit Novel

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Sanaaq is an intimate story of an Inuit family negotiating the changes brought into their community by the coming of the qallunaat, the white people, in the mid-nineteenth century. Composed in 48 episodes, it recounts the daily life of Sanaaq, a strong and outspoken young widow, her daughter Qumaq, and their small semi-nomadic community in northern Quebec. Here they live their lives hunting seal, repairing their kayak, and gathering mussels under blue sea ice before the tide comes in. These are ordinary extraordinary lives: marriages are made and unmade, children are born and named, violence appears in the form of a fearful husband or a hungr… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Saladin d'Anglure, Bernard (Einf.)

ISBN: 978-0-88755-447-6
EAN: 9780887554476
Produktnummer: 28909014
Verlag: University of Manitoba Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
Seitenangabe: 248 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 306 KB

Über den Autor

Mitiarjuk Attasie Nappaaluk (1931 - 2007) was an educator and author based in the northern Quebec territory of Nunavik. Dedicated to preserving Inuit culture, Nappaaluk authored over twenty books, including Sanaaq, the first novel written in Inuttitut syllabics. In 1999, Nappaaluk received the National Aboriginal Achievement Award in the Heritage and Spirituality category. In 2000, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from McGill University and in 2004 was appointed to the Order of Canada.