Sanaaq: an Inuit novel (Contemporary studies on the north ; #4)
Canada (romans), Auteurs canadiens (romans), Peuples autochtones (romans), Peuples autochtones au Canada (romans)
Audio avec voix humaine
Résumé
An Inuit family negotiates the changes brought into their community by the coming of the qallunaat, the white people, in the mid-nineteenth century. 48 episodes recount 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. Marriages are made and unmade, children are born and named, violence appears in the form of a fearful husband or a hungry polar bear. The spirit world is alive and relations with non-humans are never taken lightly. And under it all, the growing intrusion of the qallunaat and the battle for souls between the Catholic and Anglican missionaries threatens to forever change the way of life of Sanaaq and her young family. 2014. Uniform title: Sanaaq.